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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-07-23
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He aquf 10 que referente asuntos
de Obras P6blicas, consigna aver nues-
tro sensato colega Sci BoIetfn Mercan-
tflo
ga una adminietrt ci6n inteligente y
honrada, debe importarIe muy POGO
que sus actos Sc dischtan en- Ia plaza
p1blica; mientras r0as diafsnidad exis-
tn en- los hech0s por ella realizados,
mas trauquila debe hRllsrse en- su con-
ciencia. Pero llama poderosamente la
atenci6n de las personas discretas que
cuando con n6meros sacados de sus
mismos Reports, Sc pOnen de relieve
faltas gravisimas, inadvertencias deplo-
rabies Y err0res que cuestan al pals
miles de dollars, esa administration
permanezca indiferente y muda, como
Ia esfiuge en- el desierto, sin conceder
al pals hi & los contribuyentes hi 81
quiera ell derecho de pedir que los f0n-
dos del tesoro p1blico Sc gasten con
arreglo & las leyes sin dar Iugar
sospechas mas 8 menos fund8das2 ,
eMuros hechos sin subasta pr6vis,
seg1n est6 ordenado y cuyO cost0 debi6
ser de ocho mil dollars, aparecen des-
pu6s efectuados con un dispendio de
cerca de treinta mil; pilastras edifca-
das con un presupuest0 de diez 8 dOce
mil dollars, que resultan despu6s inne-
cesarias 8 in1tiles; ARGOS de puentes
VaIorados en- doce mil, que 1esultan
luego en- veinticinco mil, con ell adita-
mentO de que antes de terminarse va
Sc le obserVan grietas alarmantes. y
Otros v otros hechos. deducidos de los
Reportes Ofciales. en- donde cQnsta Sla
verdad indiscutible.9
0Todo este Sc dice. Sc comenta. Sc
prueba acknowledgements en- derredor
de la esfinge, Y 6sta permanece silen-
ciosa Y sorda. deiando que Ia voz Sc
pierda en- los intermiDables confines del
desierto.9
xPoco importa que esa voz informa-
da en- Ia iusticia, h8ya partldO un dfa |
de la Canara de Delegados; POGO i'm
porta que haya surgido del estudiO de |
los mismos datos ofciales del Departa-
mento; POGO importa que la prensa la
haya esteriOtipado unO y otro d1a en- |
sus COlumnas imparciales; POGO impor
ia ell clamoreo general de Ia opinion de
todo un pals, con derecho exiglr in
responsabilidad en- el des-
empefio de las funciones & un dep8rta-
mento encomendadas; Ia lengua de pie
dra no parece dispuesta & entrar en-
antes al c0ntrariO; des-
denando con censurable estoicismO los
Gd b0pa5qleDa que debieran
ser atendidos parece que solo hay ten
dencias & disculpsr 10 secundario, 4
Cuyo fin aparece alg1u enpleado, irres-
ponsable sin duda alguns, prOporciO-
nando datos un peri6dico. que cree
de gran efecto el llevar
ell asunto al terreno de la pOlitiquilla
local.0
<Nol ese sistema de no dar cuenta al
pals de actos que le atafen; ese privi-
IegiO de la invioIabilidad absolute, so
pretexto de que solo hay OBJ igaci6n de
dar explicaciones q aQuel de quien Sc
recibi6 la credencial. sera muy como
do, muy ajustado & la ley Foraker.
pero muy snticonstituciOnal, muy anti
y desde luegO muy anti
americanO.2
eEn tiempos de Ia domination espa-
lola Sc hacia an juicio de residencia q
los gobernadores y el pueblo les exigfa
por sus actos; en- los
mOdernos tiempos bassdos en- la sobe-
ranfa popular, las esfnges deben que
lar relegadas q las soledades del de-
sierto.2
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-07-23

Antier tarde ell nifio Aleiandro MILAN
y Alfonso, supo que su padre habfa
sido conducido del hospital al cemen-
terio para su enterramieDto.
Bai6 r6pidameute la rsmpla que con-
duce al Campo Santo. con tan mala
fortuna que Sc fracture ell brszo de-
recho.
Conducido al Cuarto de Socorros
fu6 asistido por el doctor Vel q Lopez
practicRute sen Dr. Eloy Daniel, pro-
Cediendo & colocarle en- ell brazO un
aparatO enyesado. siendo despu6s ell
niflo trasladado al hospital.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-07-23
VIEQOES PROCREsA.

Han empezado los trabajos para Ia
construction de Ia casa consistorial de
Vieques.
Sc espera allf con ansiedad la lIega-
da del Senior Obispo Blenk.
El Padre Fray Benigno Carri6n de
Malaga fu6 Ell 6ltimo Obispo que Visi-
to 8 Yieques.
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BQana rlsdlda.

La es Ia tomada por eI Alcalde de
Ponce, senior Domenech, de nombrar
un ingeniero 8 arquitecto titulado pa
ra el puestO de Inspector de Obras
Municipales de aquelIa ciudad.
Ese solo paso es una garsntfa para
ell 6xito de las obras. y pensamos que
las otras ciudades de importancia en- Ia
isla debian irnitar la medida adoptada
por el Alcalde Sr. Domenech..
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Bale dc CQnflanza.

En- conmemoraci6n de Ia festividad
de Santisgo Ap6stoI, Patron de Espa-
ma. Ia Directive de Ia Colonia EspafIo-
la de Csguas acord6 dar un bAile de
confanza el domingo "a del corriente,
para el cual Sc ha tenido la ineza que
estimamOs en- mucho. de invitarnos.
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La COmlsi6n MIIItar Espa1OIa Sc
doSpIdG para Madrid.

Terminada Ia mission que por orden
del gobierno espafIol, vinieron aquf &
desempefiar distiDRuidos Ciciales del
Rrma de artillerfa. 6stos han tenido Ia
atenci6n de despedirse de nosotros
para Ii capital de EspafIa.
Feliz yiAje deseamos 6 Ia citsda CO.
mission militar espafIoIa Y que alcan-
cen muchas satisfacciones ca 81 seno
de ID vieia mRdre patria.
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COMMERCIAL

Nos participant de Cayey que por
escritura otorgada ante eli NotariO don
Luis Mufioz Morales. Sc ha constituf-
do aIlf una sociedad mercantil. en- CO.
mandita. que girara bsjo la raz6n de
Fortuflo & Go. que Sc dedicara al
rAmo de mercancias en- general.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-07-23

A pesar de su eIevada posici6n f.
nanciera, pues es millionaire, ell Sr.
Federico Calaf hace estribar sus virtu-
des en- ser un buen puertorriQueflo. de
car6cter afable y sencillo, y en- no ser
egoista & indiferente con su buena
patria.
En- Manatf, ,su pueblo nativo, es que--
rido por todos.
Fervoroso cat6lico. es ayuda mas
poderoso de la iglesia.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-07-23
S6paSe

Que no pubIicancs cOmunicados sin que
sean pagadcs par oAolantado.
Oa4a nels pAlAbRa3 % cuentan por una
linoa lnslinoa vale dies centavOs.
Las Cavtas Quo VaRGnn con comunicados
Sin 81 iWB1Ilo. no % sontsStan.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-07-23
La Sfnge de ObTas Pi-
bIiCaS sGgdl eI "BO-
IGtin MerCantiI. +"
Concentrates 4 trabajOS sXpOSltl-
VOs & 8lITefutabIGS de- "La Co.
rrsspOnd8nGia,

"Ese sistema- dice ell colega- de
no dar cuenta al pals de actos
que le atafien. es anticonstitu
cional, antidemocratico v anti
americana.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-07-23

En- su hogar todo el mundo es bien
recibido desde ell arist6crata hasta a
menestral.
Secundado por su distinguida espo-
sa dofIa Conception Collazo, su in
fuencia ben66ca Sc deia sertir entire
las classes necesitadas.
Hombre de talento natural. admins
ira sus cuantiosos intereses v siempre
rindi6 quito al trabai0, educando & sLs
hijos en- la virtud y pr&ctica del bien.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-07-23
FARMACIA AMERICANA

JERINGAs DE FUENTE 2 GUAR
TILLOS go CENTAVOS
Sc DESPACHAN RECETAS FA-
CULTATIVAS.
San Francisco 80. San Juan, PR.
D. 9.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-07-23

I'D eata lmprenta Sc Vende papeI de
perlodico vieiO { 900 quintaI
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Sc Vende . arTisnda.

Por no poderlo atender para dedicarse al
fotograbado, Sc vende arrienda la fotogra-
3 de Ia Succession Alonzo.
En- la misma Informar6n San Francisco AZ
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francisco LaSSaII0.
ABOGADO.

Ofrece sus servicios profesionales. Gale
de La Cruz n6mero 34-San Juan. 15v.s
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-07-23

En- esta imprenta se vende pape! de
peri6dico vieio & 900 Quintal.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-07-23

Este acreditado bien monado esablecmen apasado
Sra D Hoenca vuda de Tomey, baiocuy
Petente direction administration
cuidadoso trato asaeos
equtayOs peos constuyen meor garana para
acoso c0medor Vas jarn, uo salon de-
recbo salon de lectuFa banos
SsrOieio g carte oocina eatraniero del pals.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-07-23
HOTEL Castillo"

CtIJLe de HOSTOS, cO7ltiSLEO q la 7sueDG COrte
ouAYAMA, PuERToRIco.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-07-23

ECI0S De sUSGRPCI0R a T01l "a ISLl
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-06-30
WIRE FENCE BIRDS LARDER.
California Songster Makes Use OF
Queer Storehouse.

When the barbed wire fence first
came into use In California, cattle
owners cursed the inventor. Not so
the butcher bird. The butcher bird Is
creature about the size of a small
crow, and he lives on insects and
smaller birds.
At first the farmers who instituted
the barbed wire wondered how SO
many grasshoppers, beetles, field mice
md small birds became impaled upon
the barbs of their fence wires. They
soon learned, for the butcher bird is
not a secretive creature. When grass
hoppers and other bugs were plenti-
full, he gathered great stores and stuck
them on the barbs of the fences. When
hard times came, the barbed wire
fence was to him like free lunch
counter.
Now. in winter time. It is no rare
thing in parts Of California to see the
butcher bird hopping along the fence
wires, continually picking his meals
as he skips from barb to barb.
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KEYS IN FORMER pAvA
Were Real Works Of A. IN Thess
Orname ntation.


characterization.
In the sixteenth century European
iron workers produced keys enriched
with ornaments In relief and treated
as works of art. Nothing could Do
more graceful than the embossed ng-
ures, coats of arms and grotesQue
arabesques which embellish the bows.
which in this unitarian age are re-
placed by ordinary metal rings. me
keys were first cast and then CHS
eled by an expert artisan. The 80
called "Strozzi key" formerly the
property of Henri III OF France
changed hands few years ago Tor
the enormous sum of $4,000. The
bow represents two sphinxes with
grotesque heads, back to back, on the
capital of a column. The stem Is In
the form of two concentric pipes; the
bit is shredded like a very hne comb.
Another famous key dates from the
beginning of the seventeenth century;
the elaborate bow represents two
seated male figures supporting du'
cal coronet. A third key Is excep'
tionally ornate; the entire available
space Is enriched with arabesques
terminating In cupids, reclining river
gods, a standing figure Of Victory and
similar devices. The stem OF this
key is supported by figures OF a man
and a woman.
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Fireside Journeys.

Mine Is an humble toilsome lot.
My home lowly cot.
And pleasant trips DER land and sea
Nor wheel nor sail e'er proffers me.
Day holds me carebound. but the night.
CHEEKY with hearttire's glowing light,
Vouchsafes rare journeys with the elves
That hide in covers on my shelves.
From open page these curious friends
Come out at oall, with power that sends
Me in their wake, at lightning pace,
Through stored realms OF time and
space.
From frozen fields of arctic snow
To wales where tropic splendors glow,
Past craggy heights Ger waters wide,
Fearless we soar we glance, we glide.
Famed kings and lovely queens we greet;
knights-errant in their Journeys. meet;
With founders and explorers stray,
Or talk with scholars by the way.
Sages look on with solemn eyes,
Dropping their queries and replies,
While mystics breathe bewiidering
dreams,
Till all the air with wonder teens.
The sweet hours come, the sweet hours
go;
Upon the hearth the fire burns low;
Then dainty singers, dreamy eyed,
From rhythmic covers softly glide,
Grooming their low, delicious runes,
And, lulled by cadence OF the tunes,
/ fall asleep amid the elves
That hide in covers on my shelves.
john Wilson in National Magazine
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COMPLIMENTS NOT IN VOGUE.
Personal "Taffy" DIspIesslng to the
Grave OrientaIs.

Personal "Taffy" DIspIeaslng to the
Grave OrlentaIs.
When the late Sir Edwin Arnold
went to japan he met the Countess
Kuroda, who had come I'm lovely
Japanese dress to have her portrait
painted" by Walter Savage Landor.
Her eyes were dancing with excite
ment and she had a round spot OF
brilliant rouge on her lower lip. She
was delighted to find that Sir Edwin
Arnold could speak her own language
little, but did not look at all pleas
ed when he admired her hands-fne
and small as q child's. From the Japa-
nese point of view such personal COM
pliments constitute a breach OF ell
quette. Very dirty; very dirty" she
said. laughing, as she tucked them
away under her long sleeves. The
phrase is merely one OF polite depre-
cation when anything Of the speakers
is admired. Mrs. Hugh Fraser, who
tells the story In her recent book on
japan, adds: 81 have heard 1t applied
to peoples houses, clothes and. | think
their dinners; If one has CHANGED to
praise feast, If one admires child,
It Is at once said to be ugly, and
anything so intimately a mans own
as his wife is invariably called stupid
/ remember the Chinese word is much
the same, the stupid person In the
inner chamber being the ordinary
name In Pekin II wife has to be
mentioned at ALL"
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Plainsman's Soma.

oh, give me clutch in my hand Of an
much
OF the name of a horse as a hold,
And let his desire to be gone be afire,
And let him be snorting and bold!
And then with a swing, on his back let
me fling
My leg that is naked as steel.
And let us away, to the end of the day,
To quiet the tempest feel!
And keen as the wind, with the cities be-
hind,
And prairie before like a sea,
With pillows of grass that lash as va
pass
Make way for my stallion and mel
And up with his nose, till his nostrfl
aglows,
And out with his tail and his name,
And up with my breast till the breath of
the West
Is shifting mcknight Of the plain!
All. give me CLEAN of your eyes, love, q
dream
With the kiss of the sun and the dew,
And mountain nor swale, nor scorch nor
the hail
Shall halt me from squirting to you!
For wild as a food-melted snow for its
blood
BY crag. gorge, or torrent, or shoal.
I'll ride on my steed and lay. tho II
bleed,
Ny heart at your feet-and my soull
Philip Verrill MigheL
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Theories About Electricity.

Concerning the fundamental nature
OF electricity itself, there Is still no
certainty, but there are several hypo-
theses, says Electrical World. There
are several theories for explaining
both electricity and magnetism In
terms Of the ether. None of these
theories seems capable Of being sub
mitted to experimental demonstration.
It is certain, however, that since the
interconnection OF electricity and mag
netism Is known, demonstration Of
the nature OF the one must, by corol-
larry, include a disclosure of the ma
ture of the other. Moreover, 1t would
not seem likely that the complete I'M
raveling of the nature Of electricity
would necessarily include a revelation
Of the nature Of both matter and gray
itation.
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slix.. caola cofYss.

Two business men were hastily
eating their midday luncheon q few
days ago when one Of them, In at
tempting to drink cup OF scalding
coffee, set Il down with an exclama-
ton OF pain as the hot nuid burned
his throat. at Is a poor walter" re-
marked the other, who does not see
that coffee is of proper temperature
before he puts 1t on the table. but
Just place silver spoon In that
and In q very short time 1t Will be
be cooler" He explained that silver
is a wonderful absorbent of heat, and
carries 1t out of the coffee. He added
that he had q friend who had a sill
versmith make two small bars OF solid
silver, which he uses at home for
cooling his coffee.-Philadelphia Rec
ord
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When the VOYAGE Ends.

Two ships, which for a time
Beside each other lay,
AT anchor In foreign cline, as
Together sailed one day. "
n
A while, across the main 80.
Inc self-same course they took,
Until mighty hurricane
The seas with fury shook.
Then, by the tempest tossed,
When II had overblown
Each captain mourned his consort lost
In ocean depths gone down.
Both vessels onward sailed,
reward Englands southern shore,
But neither all the voyage hailed q.
or saw Its fellow more.
At length, in thickest night.
one entered Plymouth Sound;
And, TO- when broke the morning bright
Ihey side by side were found.
How many on life's seas,
In peace and amity
sailing together In the breeze,
In storms part company s
But when the voyage ends,
AND storms and gloom are past,
Lone sundered yet still loving friends
Shall meet In port at last.
London Daily News.
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Belief In lie GenuIneness Caused
Mind TO Give Way.

BELIEF In Ito GenuIneneee Unused
Mind to Give Way.
A college story that Is often told
at Harvard Is cited sometimes as
showing the effect Of IN apparition
upon the one who beholds 1t.
The story Is Of youth who took
It into his wise head to endeavor to
convert an infidel companion of his
by appearing as a ghost before him.
He accordingly dressed himself up In
the usual ghost attire. having previ-
ously extracted the ball from a pistol
which always lay near the head OF
his friends bed.
Upon first awakening and seeing
the apparition, Brown, the youth who
was to be frightened, very coolly
looked his companion, the ghost, In
the face and said:
Il know you; this is q good joke;
you see I am not alarmed. Now you
may vanish"
The ghost stood still.
go on, now" said Brown. That
Is enough. shall become angry. Get
out of here"
Still the ghost did not move.
by -" burst forth Brown, III
you don't get out of here In three
minutes I'll show you"
He waited the time stated. DELHI
erately leveled his pistol and fired.
When he saw that the immovable
figure stood stock still Brown uttered
q shrek OF fright, became convulsed,
and soon afterward died.
The very moment he believed II to
be ghost his human nature gave
way.
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LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Where Polysamy Finds Favor With
the Women.

FtUoe V'~ss
the Women.
A recently published book on the
kaf'irs OF South Africa says: The
women are, on the whole, In favor Of
polygamy Sometimes a woman who
has dozen other sisters, as they
call their fellow wives, will go to .
woman who is the solitary wife OF .
man and ask her IL she does not feel
lonely No one can visit q large kraal
such. for example, as the kings
kraal in swazlland-where there are
hundreds Of huts, and not feel that
there is certain charm In the social
life OF the place. It Is q sort Of col
lege life and frequently my thoughts
have reverted to my old varsity days
and 1t has struck me that II one
could imagine a set Of men living In
the old court at Trinity, surrounded
by wives and children, with a social
circle in which everyone was related
to everyone else, one might get some
idea of the sheer Joy Of life amidst
1000 relations"
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When Easy Streets In slahs


Hast ever strug led up against
When ev'ry blooming scheme you
Was sure to run a-muck-
And then when things seemed at their
There shons a ray of light
That sent you tumbling over hopes
OF Easy Street In sightf
Hast ever seen your bills pile ND
And grow from day to day,
Till ev'ry ounce Of sense you had
You knew was giving way
When plans xigzagged on bias lines,
Though trying with your might
To straighten them-when, loi some boon
Showed Easy Street In sight7
There's many who'll appreciate
The humor grim OF luck
That goes AGAINST you dcuced hard,
Despite your nerve and pluck,
When ev'ry effort falls as nat
As wine drawn over night,
And then successes, crowd on crowd.
Show Easy Street I'm sight
You wonder II II can be true,
And fear some devils Joke
Then cash up all the things you'll want
When you're no longer broke
And start at once to spend the roll,
Your wants In lists you write,
You'll have q durnd good time. by Jove.
When Easy Streets In sight
Kate Thyson Mari.
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Before and After.

A pompous man wearing a silk hat,
which surmounted fringe of white
hair, boarded an elevated train at
Sixty-sixth street. The train started
before he was seated and he lurched
heavily against giddily dressed
woman. The encounter took place SO
quickly that he did not have time to
see his fair neighbor. but q rapid
glance from the corner Of his eye, as
he pivoted into place, showed him an
attractive form.
beg pardon, MISS" he calculated,
as he settled himself and turned
toward her. Then he got a glimpse
of hair as white as his own, and add.
ed hastily, "or madame"
His embarrassment, apparently, was
equaled by her indignation, for at the
first opportunity she moved to an.
other seat.-New York Press.
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A Hot Time In Prospect.

One Of the many charitable women
who are interested In the work of
the University Settlement among the
New York East Side poor tells of this
incident, which occurred quite recent
ly while she was making round of
visits In the tenements. She enter
er one tiny apartment Just as the
doctor who was attending a sick child
was leaving. He had ordered for the
little patient bath as hot as she
could bear. While the visitor was
talking to the physician the mother of
the child came to the head OF the
stairs and yelled to her neighbor be.
low:
MRS. Casey, will you lend me the
loan Of washtub to scald the baby
inf"
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Two Notable Army Officers.

First Lieutenant Rudolph K. Sniper
Of the Fourteenth cavalry is believed
to be the youngest commissioned ON
Ger in the United States army. He
was born Dec. s, 1882. The tallest Of
fcer Is Lieut.. Ernest ID. Peek. frst
lieutenant, corps OF engineers, a ma
tive of Wisconsin. Lieut.. Peek stands
six feet four and half inches and
was q star graduate at West Point,
where the other boys used to call
him Pixies Peak" He has given
especial attention to road construc-
ton and soon after his gradup ion
supervised the building Of a military
road which Is now know mas "Peek's
Pike"
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SuperstItIons Of hinsrs.

Morfa coiliery, in So, III Wales, q
notorious for its uncanny traditions
The seven whistlsrs" were heard
there before q great explosion in the
eos, and before another In 1890, when
nearly hundred mincss were en-,
tombed. In December, 1896, 1t wa
said that they had been heard YET
again. wtereapon the men struck
work and ceuid not be induced to re-
sumo 1t until the government inspect
or had made a close examination OF
the workings and reported all safe. In
July, 1902. another instance of a col
hery strike. founded upon the same
superstition, occurred In England.
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Publication of Water.

L. Allan OF Marseilles, France, has
devised a method for a chemical puri-
fication Of water which is said to have
given excellent results. Iodine. which
Is q powerful antiseptic, is added In
proportions Of one part to 100000,
and in most cases destroys bacilli
within a quarter of an hour. To make
the water palatable the free iodine
is then neutralized by sodium hypo-
sulphite. The water Is then filtered
through charcoal, and is claimed to
come out limpid, oolorless and taste.
less.