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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-02-27

De una muy extensa carta que nos
escribe nuestro corresponsal, y que no
nos es possible publican 1ntegra por fal-
ia de espacio, eXtractamos las sigulen-
teS noticiaS:
El dla 81 sorprendieron los guardias
Camafio y Cabrera una jugada en- la
casa de don Pablo Marrero, apresando
a veinte jugadores, cue quedaron en-
libertad bajo fanza.
Refriendose a este suceso, nuestro
corresponsal dice:
sEstas son las incorreccioneS que CO.
mete el guardia Camafio, por las cuales
ha sido acusado injustamente en- la
prensa".
X. Ell Ola ~ tuvo efecto la fiesta
escolar en- honor q Washington. FL
acto resu,t6 bril'antfsimo. Por la no
che hubo un bale infantil en- la casa
consistorial.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-02-27

Como al verte, a1n los mas escepti-
cos piensan en- Ia dicha!
II es, sublime Rosario, que en- tt bri-
Ian todos los soberbios attributes con
que la naturalezs dota a los pocos fa-
vorecidos que destina a la felicidad
Yo quisiera leerlo todo, todo COM
prenderlo en- el libro misterioso de tu
aims, y entonces escribiria TN poema
de ternuras dulces y delicadas.
Porque tn te eeparas de 10 vulgar, y
sientes en- tn alma el rnisterioso jardfn
ignorsdo, donde horecen los sentimien-
tos grandes.
iPor ESQ, 20 veo en- tt una hermana
del alma!
Feliz aquel que pudiera vertir en- II
su alma enamorada, envuelta en- TN sin
fin de besos amorosos.
Arturo Ponce de Leon.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-02-27
ROSARIO
A mi distinguida amiga
la Seiorita Arandes.

if1ermoso y Santo nombre!
lPlegaria que al eielo elevan los hom-
bres oesde la terra!
iConiunto de ave-mar1as, Rosario
Cuando en- mis- horaS de soledad y
hast1o vue'a hacia tt mi pensamiento,
bella amiga, tambien acude a mi mente
el recuerdo de otra Rosariol.
No la co-ocf, pero la presiento, la
adivino!
iTu sabes la historic!
El poeta sublime, al no poder ob.ener
su amor, stroco la dulce aurora de un
porvenir risuefio, por el triste derecho
de morir!
Sublime Rosariol
AL verte a ii tan joven y tan LENA de
ilusiones, solo Sc me ocurre que pluge
al cielo preservarte de los terribles de-
sengafios de la vida, que...
MAS no he de ser 20 quien te liable
de las miserias humans; no he de ser
yo quien te de la nota triste en- el con-
cierto de tn vida, pura y diafana!
iSolo llevarfa mi alma enferma una
nueva incurable amargura
Viajero del camino de la vida, por
doquiera voy preludiando fatfdico la
mento
Pero al verte II, sonrfo, acepta tu
esa sonrisa; es obra tuya!
Esceptico por temperamento siempre
cref que en- Ia vida no hay felicidad sin
desgracia, que solo hay la comparacion
de un estado con otro.
iAl verte II, que eres TN angel, alb
dico de esas ideas!
iOh, 81! Exis suprema felicidad; de-
be ser la del que obtiene el inapreciable
tesoro de tn carifio!
Como al contemplar tus ojos hermo-
sisimos, Sc transporta el alma en- raudo
vuelo hacia las infinitas regiones del
amorI
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-02-27
CorsnerciaE

La sociedad que giraba en- Rio Pie
dras bajo la razon de Valledor, Rodrf-
guez y Ca, Sc ha disuelto, quedando
hecho cargo de su liquidacion el gestor
de la misma don Joaquin Rodriguez,
que continuara en- los mismos negocios
en- la nueva casa que en- 10 SUCCESSIVE gi-
rara con su solo nombre.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-02-27
0tro ar-eopagita

Mr.. Byron w. Winters, que llevaba
siete afios de empleo en- Aduanas, ha
sido preso en- New York. Acdsasele
de haberse apropiado dinero pertene-
ciente al Tesoro, y que las filtraciones
datan de siete amos, 10 cual Sc llama
entrar con espada on mano. Ell mon
tante pasa, dicen. de $1,000.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-02-27
Noticias

~ Cuentan les cronicas callejeras que
cierto comerciante de San Juan quiere
acaparar los carritcs en- que Sc vender
tabacoS v cigarriloS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-10
FIRST BOAT OF THE SEASON.
Its Coming Was a Great Event on the
MiSSiSSippi.

Assistant Secretary Taylor of the Treas
ury Department grew reminiscent in dis
cussing his early days in Wisconsin and the
northwest when he was editing small news
papers Those We're great days on the
upper Mississippi river lie said, when the
first steamboat in spring time was looked
forward to one of the great events of
the year. To be frozen in all the winter,
except for communication by stage once or
twice a week from the outside and then to
have navigation opened for the spring and
summer rush, were times not to be forgot
ten by the people who lived on the river. 1
remember one winter l lived at Hudson,
Wis, on the Mississippi The river there
usually froze over about the 18th of No
vember and remained in that condition I'M
til around April 10. There were no rail-
roads, and the hauling of freight for so
many miles overland was too difficult and
the cost too great to be thought of. Con-
sequently we arranged in the summer for
the long winter siege. AS April came
around the betting on the first boat began.
Talk about betting on presidential ele;-
tons. From a local standpoint the presi
Dental election fever was nothing com
pared to that of the coming of the first
boat. Because the arrival of the first boat
to get through the ice meant a great deal
1t meant communication with the outside
world and a fresh supply of new things in
the stores. Everybody bet on the first boat
date.
Il recall one April when the betting was
unusually heavy. 1 remember that l had
made a bet that the first boat would get
in on the 14th of the month. All day long
l listened for the boats whistle. as did
many other fellows who were betting the
same way. AT night l went to political
meeting which broke up about 10 o'clock.
1 went home and went to bed. Along in
the night l heard the whistle of a steamer
on the river. l sprang out of bed and by
my watch 1T was seventeen minutes TO II
clock l went back to bed wondering
exactly what time the captain would make
the landing. The next morning l found
everybody down town engaged in the hot
test kind of Il dispute about whether the
boat arrived on the 18th the 10Th. A
number of fellows came to blows, and there
great excitement. Finally there was an
agreement that the time of the docking of
the vessel should settle the matter, and
that the settlement of the dispute Should
be left to the captain Of the steamer. An
immense delegation went down and waited
on that officer, assuring him that the air
was full of trouble. The captain said that
he knew there would be a great deal of
contention about the matter, and that he
decided to look at the time when the boat
was at the dock and the gang plank out for
business. AS the gang plank was thrown
out, he said his watch stood al three min
uteS to - o'clock, which made the time of
arrival the 14th. That settled all the bets,
although there much grumbling and
kicking about the possibility that the cap
tains watch was slow"
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thought. The king had to repeat his ques-

thought. The king had to repeat his ques-
ton.
l intended to say NO" but. looking at
the countess and meeting her glance,
said:
Il think that it will be as you wish. You
are truly kind"
II am glad that you feel So
And with raised voice he said:
Il have begged my brother to dwell IN
Solitude at times with his young wife and
am thankful to him for fulfilling my WISH
There was silence at the whole table. My
s.ster-in-law tried to say something friend
ly, but ceased after the first word. The
countess continued to look at me with the
same curious expression in her fine eyes.
And my mother spoke at once of something
else.
1t must have been a dream that this wo-
man could have been a fond mother to me
even once in her life, for she can be only
her majesty
l went to the play after dinner, and sat
In the little 'incognito box To make pri-
Vacy doubly sure. l had the curtain drawn
between it and the crowded theater
The young actress whom l had come to
watch was no actress at all in the play
She had to weep. and l saw her cheeks
streaming real tears. She had to despair
and L saw her face drawn with anguish.
And when the audience called her before
the curtain. she seemed like Sleep
walker. Evidently she loves the king as
deeply as ever
After the theater. I experienced some
thing that L cannot understand God save
me from brooding over it in my old man
ner must not do it now.
w men left the theater through the side
exit that leads from the hidden little box,
saw a great, silent crowd waiting outside.
L stood still and asked the lackey:
Are these people waiting to see the
king?"
Their majesties have already gone
nat are they waiting for Ahen?''
TO see your royal hghness"
L ha wifi
poWlng. They crowded around the car
rage SO that the coachman could hardly
drive
What does 1t mean?
But l will not brood.
Tomorrow l shall travel to Judica.
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s. in his pocket, and with that as a start
worked his way through school in Copen-
hagen. He had some talent for singing
and hoped to make a place for himself on
the stage. He tried for one of the thea ters
OF Copenhagen. but was rejected. His tall
ent was brought to the notice of the king
and through him he placed in an adj
vanced school at public expense. Later on
his poems and stories became noted. and
during his latter years he received an an
nuity from the Danish government. The
people here are very proud of him, and they
tell many stories of his simplicity and kind
ness.
Copenhagen's Free Harbor.
I came down the Kattegat on my way
from Christiania to Copenhagen. passing
Elsinore, where Shakespeare has laid the
scenes of Hamlet Copenhagen lies on tho
narrow strait leading from the Baltic sea
out through the Kattegat and Skagerrak to
the German ocean. 1t has a fine harbor.
and this has made it of the most i'm
portant cities of northern Europe. 1t COM
mands the straits. and has always been a
great meeting place. Three years before
Columbus discovered America Bishop ABB
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-10
Pilots Carried to Sea.
From the New York Times

From the New York Times.
The Liverpool pilot who was carried by
Queenstown and landed in New York last
week will not have to pay anything for
his passage or meals. but he will have
more spare time on his hands than he likes
to think about" said a Sandy Hook pilot.
IF he has never been across before he
may enjoy himself bit seeing New York,
but when he thinks of the wife and little
ones at home who have nothing coming In
all this time he is apt to feel bit blue.
His earnings do not begin until the Oceanic
passes Queenstown again, homeward bound.
He is like a city clerk unders suspension for
three weeks. 1t used to DE a common
thing for pilots from this side to get car
ried over, bat since the days of steam
pilot boats we can always manage to take
a man off, In spite of rough weather. OF
course, a steamer with a record to make
isn't going to stop for little thing like
dropping a pilot. 1t is cheaper for her
to carry him along than to delay. but it's
mighty hard on him. In the old days the
boys used to chip in for little purse for
the family of a pilot who was carried out.
More English pilots accidentally come here
than American pilots go over there. Queens
town harbor Is a hard place to make when
the Irish sea is out of humor. The big
liners won't even stop for the mails; and
that's an important thing to an English
man"
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XIX
In the Rcyal Palace.

I arrived here in the middle of the night.
I did not wish to give my brothers faithful
subjects an opportunity to show me they GO
not cheer me any more. But l had to come
here l had to thank the king. l may be
unbrotherly at times, but l must never be
impolite.
His majesty really showed himself to be
uncOmmonly gracious in my great affair.
At II o'clock l am to be received in au-
dience by his majesty the king. At noon l
am to appear before her majesty the queen.
~ Idlf-past l 2there will be luncheon with
her maj esty the queen mother. In the after
noon l must see his excelency the minister
of state. Then l am expected to receive
half the court world. but l shall receive not
a soul. After that there will be afternoon
tea with the young queen, then drive,
then family dinner in honor of the prcdigal
son, who has not, however, returned home :;
then the play. to which probably shall not
go. although our first sentimental lady is to
appear there.
1 have dispensed as much as possible with
the counts services. He may visit his sis
ter and describe the princes bride TO the
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thinks OF one who has gone away and has
married her dearest one.E y
Now they go. The maids must carry
the lanterns, for the men wish to shoot off
their guns.
They gather before the church All are
there. All wait for the holy midnight. AS
soon as it comes the men fire off their
guns. Then everything is still, holy ST.
lence And the bells begin to toll in the
holy hush The church is Illuminated like
place of festival. In 1t stands manger
and all throng around it to hear the mes
sage: y II
peace on earth"
On Christmas day we drove to st. Jean,
climbed upward through the olive groves
and to the lighthouse and looked for wild
narciSsus- The child plucked great bunch
was pleased, but remained thoughtful.
In the evening Judica was showered with
gifts; whole shopful of fashions. l had
selected every piece myself in Nizza with
out letting Gebhardt help me- 1t was a bit
of my love that wished to give to her But
she was so frightened at the splendor of
silks and laces that she did not feel real
pleasure.
(To be continued)
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imported our milling machinery and Amerl-
can mllers to manage it, but for some
reason or other the flour was failure, ano
they had to give it up. 1t may be that the
climate here is not as suited to milling as
that of Minneapolis
The Danes are buying our cotton seed
meal for COW feed. They say it makes
good milk and good fertilizer and they like
it. They have many of our agricul-
tural machines, and also some electrical
machinery of United States make. see
American shoes sold in the stores, and am
told that this branch of trade might be
materially increased, as the people consider
our shoes the best in the world.
Farmers Cooperative Association.
The farmers of Denmark work together
better than any farmers Of Europe. They
have cooperative associations through
which they buy their machinery and sell
their products and also borrow such money
as they need. There is one such associa-
ton which ships nearly all the butter made
in Denmark to London.
Indeed, Denmark is the dairy farm of
London, and nearly all of its dairy work is
by cooperation. The first cooperative
dairy was begun in 1882. There are now
more than a thousand such dairteS, which
use annually almost four billion pounds of
milk and make more than $50. 600 GOO worth
of butter These diaries were erected and
put into operation at cost of about 81 .OOO,-
600, the cost of each dairy varying from
81, 900 to $4,000. The stockholders are farm
ers. and they number about 10000 In such
diaries 13OO0O.O0O pounds of butter are
made annually.
Denmark's Butter Trust
This combination might be called butter
trust. It is SO, but the farmers are the
stockholders and the money goes back to
the people. Years ago they made their but
ter as we do, and the Danish butter COM
manded the lowest prices. Then these CO.
operative dairies were started on borrowed
capital guaranteed by the farmers. Every
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man agreed to turn in all his milk to the
company. and to let it handle the product.
The result was that better butter was made
and shipped to England and elsewhere. 1t
at once began to make a reputation. 1t
improved, and now it is the best butter In
the market.
The companies buy feed in quantities and
sell it out at reduced rates to their mem
bers, taking their pay out of the milk re-
ceipts. Machinery is bought in the same
way, and the associations work generally
for the good of their stockholders. Settle
ments are made weekly or monthly, the CO.
operative society holding back a certain
amount of its receipts for a sinking fund
to pay off its debts 1t also puts part of
it's surplus into a savings bank and loans
it out to the members of the association at
low rates of interest. Each man can Dor
row in proportion to the quantity of milk he
supplies to the association.
Denmark's Egg Society.
The chicken raisers have also their COM
bination. There are something like 25Ooo
Danish men and women who raise fowls
who have joined together to get good
price for their eggs and chickens. They
have their own egg collectors, who go from
farm to farm and take the eggs to the fac
tories or packing houses whence they are
tested and shipped off to London and other
markets.
eggs. He has to stamp them with his mi
tals and if bad egg is allowed TO get In
he is fined. AS the eggs come into the
packing house they are tested by being
placed on frame of netting, which is held
over an electric light. The frame will ac-
commodate sixty eggs. The light Will
shine through those which are good, but
not through those that are the least bit
bad. Every dark egg is taken out Its
sender is known by the initials upon 1t,
and he is fined at the rate of kronen. or
81 % for every bad egg. AS a result there
are few bad eggs in the Danish packing
houses.
After this the eggs are sorted according to
sizes. They are sold by weight rather than
by the dozen, the packers guaranteeing SO
many pounds to the Dozen up to a certain
amount. If similar care could be used by
our chicken raiSerS, our helpful hen would
become more helpful than ever.
The Danes have also cooperative bacon
associations. The men who raise hogs COM
bine together to sell their product. They
have their own ways of feeding and their
pork brings a higher price than ours in the
markets of Europe. The best hogs are pro-
duced by feeding them American corn I'M
til about three weeks before killing. Dur
ing these three weeks they are fed on bar
ley, skimmilk and butterEcilk. Last year
Denmark exported horses cattle and pork
to the value of $4,000, CO., and butter to
the amount of $35,GOO,CO0, SO you see she
does a big agricultural business.
Our consul here speaks highly of the
Danes as customers. He says they know
a good thing when they see it, and have the
money to pay for it. He says the demand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-10

salon built a castle here and lived off the
trade. Since then the harbor has been
widened and deepened, and is now one of
the best in Europe. The city has establish
ed a free port at a cost of S6,GO0.0oo, ano
there are two miles of quays, at which the
largest ocean steamers can land. Thirty
five thousand sailing vessels and steamers
come In and go out of Copenhagen every
year, and it's trade extends to all parts OF
the world
The Danes are noted as sailors. They
command ships almost everywhere. and
you will seldom strike a harbor without
finding enc or more Danish captains in
charge of the larger vessels there.
! drove out to the free port the other
day. 1t has enormous cranes and all facil-
tiles for handling goods. / noticed several
American products among the things lead
ing and unloading. American cotton.
petroleum and Indian corn were being taken
out of vessels from New York, and also
Minneapolis flour and Chicago pork. There
were many steamers in the harbor: several
from Russia, two from Norway and Swe-
den, three from England and an equal
number from Germany There We're ships
from the West Indies and South America,
and also one about starting out for Green
land.
The. Danes in Greenland.
There is considerable trade between
Greenland and Denmark Greenland Is
largely a Danish colony, and there
are many Danes IN Iceland and the
Farce Islands. The Greenland colonies are
chiefly on the west coast extending through
about II degrees of latitude, or something
lige seven hundred miles. They have also
mission and trading station, and do a
considerable export business.
The trade is largely in the hands of the
Danish Royal Greenland Company. 1t is
mCnopolized by the state, and only govern
ment vessels are allowed to sail in Green
land waters. According to Denmark's
treaties with us the British and other peo-
pie, these waters are closed to all vessels
which have not the permission of the Dam
ish government, and it is also necessary
for travellers who wish to go to that part of
the country to get such permission. With
Gut a traveller has such permission he cam
not enter. and this permission is not grant
ed without the person who asks for it IS
Z backed by his own government.
This is done in order to protect the
tives from INSCRIPTIONS traders. The gov
eminent will not allow the natives to sell
more than they can dispense with lest they
be starved in the winter They will not
sell them intoxicating liquors, and they are
really doing what they can to elevate the
condition.
The exports from Denmark to Greenland
are chiefly provisions. firearms dry goods.
hardware, tools and implements. They
send some tobacco rope and wooden goods.
Their imports are seal oil, sealskins, bear
and foxskins and eiderdown. About 10000
sealskins are sent from that island to Den
mark every year, and also those of tho
The eiderdown is brought as it comes from
the nests of the elder duck. 1t is here
cleansed and prepared for the market.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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HOW He BECAME A LAWYER.
The Story of John Sherman's Admis
sion to the Bar.

General Jack Easement, the veteran
railroad builder, who fought during the civil
war with General Sherman. whose statue
is to be unveiled here this month, and who
was his intimate friend until the latter's
death, tells the story Of John Sherman's en-
trance into the practice of the law, as re-
lated by his warrior brother.
When John Sherman was quite young he
was taken into the law office of his brother
Charles at Mansfield, Ohio, to help about
the office and make himself generally use
full. One day, when he was in his twenty
first year. he took Charles one side and
WHAT" Charles exclaimed What do
you intend doing with so much money!"
Il am going to Columbus to be admitted
to the bar" John replied.
Charles was greatly surprised, as John
had never asked him for any advice regard
ing the profession nor had he ever appeared
to be interested to any extent in the study
of law.
You can't be admitted to the bar with
out some knowledge OF the law said
Charles.
John maintained that he knew more about
law than some others and assured his
brother that he would try and raise the
money somewhere.
sary for me to have respectable clothes and
enough money to pay my travelling and no.
tel expenses"
Charles finally ordered the clothes and
provided him with the necessary money.
At Columbus, on the day he became of age,
John was admitted to the bar. On his re-
turn he said to Charles:
Il am going to Iowa to practice law"
Charles demonstrated with him.
There is room for both Of us to practice
law here in Mansfield" Charles told him.
They then and there became partners and
continued to practice together until the for
nation of the republican party, when John
was sent from the Mansfield district as
representative in Congress.
Later he was elected to the United States
Senate and the balance of his life became q
very important and interesting part of the
history of his country