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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-01-02

ci6n de unos cuantos. Cada ven que
Sc acerca el frfo sc oye el mismo lamen-
to. Mientras sc entona en- los labora-
torioS cl zS DeNm de las nuevas con-
quiStas. sc oye en- los Hospitales y en-
los tugurios el Miseyeye de los apes
tados, de los anEmicos. de los tubercu-
los0S y siflfticos que mueren en- monitor.
Es vieja Ia miSeria en- el mundo. Pc
70 tenfa reverber1ciones luminosas en-
el estercclero de Job. Es antigua la ne
gaci6n: pero ofrecfa irisaciones aureas
v oscilaciones mnelles en- el lecho de
Aspasia. Lo que es nuevo es Ia mise
ria sin esperansa, el dolor sin consuelo.
el muladar desde el cual solo Sc divisa
una TERRA sin frutos y un cielo sin
doses. aJi
-.
IQue volvamos atrzsl De Vogiie y
Branetiere nos proponen IN impossible.
Los viejos campanarios no tienen va
nidos para las cigueffas que piensan.
No hay hueco para las aves refexivas
en- les ventanales romznticos. Decid 4
los vie jos que vuelyan atras, que desan.
den todo ell camino. No pueden; y adm,
Isl pudieran, mirando con tristeza los
foridos senderos en- donde cogieron los
insectos de met4lico coselete, en- donde
aspiraron los perfumes de los nftidos y
rosados calices, en- donde unieron sus
charloteos al de los p4jaros de plunaje
policromo, empufiarzn de nuevo sH ba-
culo y seguirfan ell penoso descenso por
Ia vertiente helada, hacia las yertas
sombras. No Sc es dos veces nifio.
Amarga dulce, la sabidurfa es. como
el sello de Salom6n, inquebrantable.
Triunfador 6 vencido, es preferible a
vivir en- I'm falso espejismo, morir con
Ia verdad.
Hay vencimientos que bien valen
una apoteosis y sombras que bien pue-
den trocarse por Ell falso esp.endor de un
siStema solar.
~
Hace frfo. Y es un frio que penctra
en- los huesosi propiO de una invernada
que tiene conmemoraciones de muertos
sin lamparilIas, navidades sin canticos.
Afios Nuevos sin jubileos. festas de re-
yes sin ofrendas. Un frio que recuer-
da dolores sin consuelo y miserias sin
esperanto. Pero es el frio de la YER
dad, con la cual nos hemos desposado
en- justas, y legftimas nupcias. Verdad
nunca agotada, mas amada cuanio mas
desdefioSa. TIE hemos amado sin espe-
ranza de recompensa. Heridos dc
muerte, a1n 10 esperamos tcdo de II.
Por tristes, por sombrfos que sean tus
senderos, los recorremos contigo en-
bodas intensaS & inacables. Desencan-
tadog, hambrientos, frfos, llorosos. .isiem-
pre- seremos tuyos, siemprel
ANTONIO ZozAYA
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-01-02
PONCE

Diciembre 81 1903.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-06
"vENICE IN NEW YORK. y

Duss and his Metropolitan Opera
House orchestra, urder the management
of Loudon G.. Charlton, recently opened
the second season of Venice IA New
York at the Madison Sq1ftee Garden.
and indications are that tie engage
ment will prove striking success.
The production of Venice this sea-
son is ON a much grander scale Tran last
year New scenery has hesn painted.
new lighting effects are used. the Grand
canal has been made ten feet WIDER and
many gondolas have been aided to the
fleet.
To those who have visited TeHice 1t
viii be a pleasure to Gnd wi...sa 4. block
OF Broadway so good re17ss4..ssss5si len In
miniature of many familiar seassss. st.
Marks cathedral, the doye's palace, the
canpanile and Desdemona's house are
faithfully portrayed on the canvas at
the foot of the Grand canal.
The blue Adriatic with it's ripping
waves, the moonrise with Its path OF
gold mirrored in the water, the float
ing clouds with the stars peeping
through their feecy folds--these Vene-
tan effects produced by the master
hand of Duss represent the very acme
of realism in stagecraft.
Last summer there was some COM
plant that the more subdued passages
of the orchestra were lost to the au-
ditors in the remote sections of the
Garden. To remedy this defect glass
sounding hoard has been placed IN the
rear of the orchestra.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-06
Trains Unable to Enter or Leave
Deadwood on Account
of Washouts
PROPERTY LOSS VERY GREAT
Weeks Heavy Rainfall Thruout tho
Black Hills Causes Numerous Creeks
20 Leave Their Banks, Sweeping
Everything Before Them-MiIe of
Electric Line Carried Away at Puma

Deadwood, June 6.--As a result of
Black Hills. Whitewood creek. Dead
wood creek, and City creek have left
their banks, carrying away a number
Of houses, barns, sidewalks and lun-
Der yards. The White building, one
Of the most substantial in Deadwood,
was partially wrecked and the hall was
damaged. One large bridge was carried
away. Matthew Bender CT Central
City and Guy Shoudy, farmer near
Sturgis, were drowned.
No trains have been able to enter
or leave Deadwood since Friday on
either the Burlington or Northwestern
on account of washouts. The damage
was greatest at Central City. nearly
all the business portion of that town
being swept away. Half mile of
Northwestern track was swept away,
and the Columbus company's plant WAS
nearly destroyed. A large number of
homes at Gayvilie We're carried away
and the lower part of Gayville is un-
der water.
From reports thus far of the floods
It is believed the property loss III
Deadwood and other Black Hills cities.
and to railroads will exceed 100000.
The water is still high. but 1t is be-
lieved the crest OF the food has been
reached.
AT Puma mile of the electric line
was carried away and the Burlington
street and railway bridge was wreck
ed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-06
LIST DID NOT LOVE CRITICS,

Anecdotes of List are always inter-
esting. late contributor is Hugo
Mansfeldt. who was List student for
several years. Recently Mr. Mansfeldt
wrote:
"Once took some photos of the Won
ders of California scenery, big trees,
Yosemite falls and others, to show to
List. When he looked at the picture
of Yosemite falls l explained to him
that they were far higher than Niagara
falls. What he said. Higher than
Niagara falls?' Yes, | replied; ten
times as high AS quick as flash he
answered, with his good natured, sar-
castle smile: Well, then, l must send
Mr. X. there. He has just sent me a
Niagara symphony.
List all through his life and even
up to this date has been the victim OF
critics 1t became a fad with them TO
attack him. No one knew better than
himself how wrong they We're, and he
revenged himself whenever opportunity
offered. On one occasion he invited
several of us to spend an evening with
him. Some one proposed game of
whist Two sat down. and List turned
to me, saying, Come, take hand
Master l replied, I do not know any
thing about it, Well then, you can be
a critic was his answer"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-06

until II IS most profitable enterprise.
Mir. White started twenty-three years
ago as call boy in the Grand Opera
House in New York. After two years
as call boy he realized the pos bilities
of running "supers' and began his pres
ent business. 1t is to him the super"
is indebted for his rise in the dignified
position of extra gentleman"
He revolutionized the business,
though it took him twenty-one years to
do it, He has now complete monopoly
of the "supers' of every theater in New
in the United States.
In 1892 he had 500 extra" men and
women on his salary list at one time,
and the season before he supplied ''su
pers' for 145 plays and thirty operas,
and during this season he had altogeth
er $4,000 people at one time or another
drawing salary. AS no large company
can afford to carry the vast army OF
"Supers" required, Mr.. Whites assist
ants go ahead of the companies, engag-
ing and rehearsing the people in each
town. so that the ''Supers' are perfect
by the time the company arrives. For
this purpose alone he has corps of
trained men who are as good as stage
managers in this work. In Boston,
Philadelphia, Chicago and New York
city Mr.. White personally attends to it.
II like this kind of work." says Mr..
White land take as much pride in my
part of the production as the stage
manager does in his, and the returns
amply pay for my interest in the work"
The best kind of super" is the old
actor, the has BEEN" who through
some mishap or fault of his own has
gone down in the business until he is
glad to join the ranks of the extra peo-
pie. He has outlived his. usefulness in
delivering lines, but his familiarity with
stage business makes him a valuable
addition to the bureaus forces, and he
is eagerly sought by it. AS soon as the
actor is placed he Immediately becomes
the center OF an admiring group of fell
low extras" whom he entertains and
at the same time instructs with ac-
counts of his former career.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-06
The Blazed
Trail q y $ ;::$:;7
Copyright 1902. by Stewart Edward White

1t was very cold. All day long the
restless wind swept across the shiver-
ing surface of the plains and tore
around the corners of the islands. The
big woods are as good as an overcoat,
The overcoat had been taken away.
When the lunch sleigh arrived the
men huddled shivering in the lee of
one of the knobs and tried to eat with
benumbed fingers before a fire that
was but mockery. Often 1t was near
ly dark before their work warmed
them again. All of the sideways had
to be placed on the edges of the is
lands themselves, and the logs had to
be travoyed over the steep little knobs.
A single misstep out on to the plain
meant a mired horse. Three times
heavy SHOWS obliterated the roads, so
that they had to be piowed out before
the men could go to work again. 1t
was struggle.
Railway was evidently worried. He
often paused before gang to inquire
how they were making it, He SEEM
ed afraid they might wish to quit,
which was indeed the case, but he
should never have taken before them
any attitude but that OF absolute con-
fidence in their intentions. His anX-
iety was natural, however. He re-
allied the absolute necessity of skid
ding and hauling this job before the
heavy choking SHOWS Of the latter part
of January should make it Impossible
to keep the roads open. So insistent
was this necessity that he had seized
the first respite in the phenomenal
snowfall of the early autumn to begin
work. The cutting in the woods could
wait
Left to themselves, probably the men
would never have dreamed of objecting
to whatever privations the task car
ried with it. Railways anxiety for
their comfort, however, caused them
finally to imagine that perhaps they
might have some just grounds for com
paint after all. That is q great trait
of the lumber jack.
But Dyer, the scaler. finally caused
the outbreak. Dyer was an efficient
enough man in his way, but he loved
his own ease. His habit was to stay in
his bunk Of mornings until we'll after
daylight. To this there could be no
objection except ON the part OF the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-06
Wnat a Novice Must Learn.

Ii man has had no experience what
ever in racing he has a great many
simple things to learn before he can
hope to talle up actual work in a shell.
First, he must learn how to get in and
out of the sensitive racing shell, that
tips over with the slightest error of its
occupant or occupants. Also he must
be taught the method OF sitting in the
shell. how to operate the sliding seat,
how to ship and unship oars aAd how
to push off from a wharf without
swapping, how to approach landing
place in good form. how to put a shell
into the water and how to lift it out.
All these points are matters that re-
quire careful attention. unimportant
though they may seem to the novice,
who believes that all he has to do is to
Chamber into shell any old way at all,
pick up an oar and start ahead to fame.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-06

fact. he was surprised at the size OF 1t
He would have to work diligently ant
steadily during the rest of the winter.
Having thus definite task to &C
complish in definite number OF days
Railway grew to be more OF tasl
master. Thus he regained to small
degree the respect of his men. Then he
lost it again.
One morning he came in from talk
with the supply teamster and woke
Dyer who was not up yet.
''Im going down home for two or
three weeks" he announced to Dyer.
you know my address. You'll have to
take charge, and | guess you'd better
let the scaling go. We can get the tally
at the banking grounds when we begin
to haul Now, we amt got all the time
there is. so you want to keep the boys
at it pretty we'll"
Dyer twisted the little points OF his
mustache. "All right, SIR" said he,
with his smile so inscrutably insolent
that Railway never saw the insolence
at all. He thought this poor year for
a man in Railways position to spend
Christmas with his family, but 1t was
none of his business.
"Do us much as you can in the marsh,
Dyer" went on the jobber. Il don't
any more there on account Of the
weather"
'All right" repeated Dyer.
The scaler did what he considered
his duty. All day long he tramped
back and forth from one gang Of men
to the other. keeping sharp eye on
the details of the work. His practical
experience was sufficient to solve readi-
ly such problems as broken tackle, ex-
ira eXpedients or facility which the
days brought forth. The fact that in
him was vested the power to discharge
kept the men at work.
Dyer was in the habit of starting for
the marsh an hour or SO after sunrise
The crew. of course, were at work by
daylight. Dyer heard them often
through his doze. just as be heard the
chore boy come in to build the fire and
fill the water pail afresh. After a
time the fire. built of kerosene and
pitchy black pine, would get SO hot
that in self defense he would arise and
dress Then he would breakfast lei
surely.
Thus he incurred the enmity Of the
cook and cookie. Those individuals
have to prepare food three times day
for half hundred eaters, besides
which on sleigh haul they are sup
posed to serve breakfast at 3 o'clock
for the leaders and variety of lunches
up to midnight for the sprinkler men.
AS a consequence they resent infrac
tons Of the little system they may
have been able to introduce
Now, the business Of foreman is to
be up as soon as anybody. He does
none of the work himself, but he must
see that somebody else does it and does
it well. he must know how a thing
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-06

nards Is power" said Daily. by knowl-
edge | mean thought. Thought begets
power Study out what you want to
do; not only how to make the shot, but
where you want the balls to go for po-
sition. Think it out. Thought-that's
the thing--and by and by you have the
knowledge. OF course you have got to
practice to get the execution, the man
ual SKILL for billiards is a game where
the brain and the body must work to-
gether.
knowledge and execution come from
practice and from talks and illustration
by good players. Still there are times
when l want to be alone and figure out
new shots The best billiard player can
often learn something new from some
body else. 1t is constant study, and
to hold ones form requires constant
practice. But, speaking of being alone,
! learned the cushion draw with the
reverse twist this way and was the
first PLAYER to use 1t. / also became the
best cushion carom player from prac-
ticing alone. On the other hand, l
learned shot from Willie Hoppe. The
object balls were close together, the
cue ball some distance away and the
three balls nearly in a line, requiring a
very fine shot to count and not much
chance Of position. / was studying
over it when Hoppe. who was looking
on, said, Why don't you hit 'em hard
and get 'em in the corner? Sure
enough, / tried it and got them in a
corner. 1t was a kiss shot, but simple
enough after once pointed out and
good solution of the situation.
Temperament? No, / don't think
temperament counts a great deal in
billiards. OF course. If the men are
evenly matched in skill. temperament
would count but the stronger player
will win even il his temperament isn't
'as we'll suited to the game as his oppo-
nent's. There never was player yet
who went into an important match
whose temperament was so placid that
his heart did not beat rapidly at the
start. If you're hanging to a horizontal
bar only ten feet from the ground you
do not put any extra eNertion in your
hold, because if you drop it will not
amount to anything and there's moth
ing TO be afraid of. But il that bar
were nifty feet from the ground you'd
take the frmest grip you knew how
and hang on for dear life. That's the
difference in the way a man feels when
he doesn't care whether he wins or
loses and when in an important con-
test. Technique. knowledge, execution
these things count more than tenn
permanent.
so many amateurs get the ability
to execute without proper knowledge of
what they ought to do. They can make
the shots, but don't study out how to
land on the balls to get the best results
When you see players cue ball get
ting away from the object balls he is
pla lying poor billiards. no matter how
easy the ensuing shot may be. The
man who is playing a fast cue ball is
not playing good billiards. The thing
is not only to get good position with
the object balls. but with the cue ball
as we'll The man who keeps the three
balls together is the better player.
When a professional leaves himself
hard shots it shows he is out of prac-
tjcah
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-06

the hands should be shot straight out
from the body without the least pause
Almost as soon as the oar has passed
the knees the wrist should be raised to
bring the blade at right angles to the
water preparatory to dipping. Delay
ing this motion frequently results IN
the oars going into the water in a
sianting position The blade should
present its full face to get the maxi
mum OF resistance from the water
Care must be taken not to lower the
lands too much in reaching forward,
as tie stroke VIII thus be made choppy
When the rover straighteni up at
the cid OF stroke he should be sure
10 hold his elbows close to his sides
fhe chest should be thrust we'll out
and the entire strength of the arms and
shoulders should be put into the finish
The car must be brought straight home
to the chest, the root of the thumbs
touching the front OF the jersey about
an inch below the lower end of the
breasthone.
Remember that the vital part of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-06
Eurin rpahrias glarsaIrnus an lnndap aun

cooR. VINO was supposed TO aLtenQ Ie
rs business himself for the scaler was
active In his work when once he began
1t and could keep up with the skiddlng
But now he displayed strong antipa-
thy to the north wind on the plains.
Il don't pose for no tough son of a
gun," said he to Railway. And I've
got some respect for my ears and feet
She'll warm up little by tomorrow
aud perhaps the wind III die ! can
catch up to you fellows by hustling Il
little, so | guess I'll stay in and work
ON the books today"
"All right" Railway assented, a lit
tie doubtfully.
This happened perhaps two days out
of the week. Finally Dyer hung out
thermometer, which he used to consult.
The men saw it and consulted it too.
At once they felt much colder.
"She was stan 10 below" sputtered
Baptiste Teller the Frenchman who
played the fiddle. he freeze trou to
hees eenside. Dat is too cole for max
in de work"
Them plains is sure holy fright"
assented Purdy.
9TH old man knows 1t himself, y
agreed big Nolan.
Ibid you see him rammin' around
yesterday askin' us if we found her too
cold? He knows very well he ought
not to keep a man out that sort o
weather"
YOU'D shiver like dog in brier
path on Il warm day in July, salu
Jackson Hines contemptuously.
"Shut up" said they. You're barn
boss You don't have to be out in the
cold"
This was true. So Jackson's inter
yention went for q little worse than
nothing.
sit amt lax be has nuttin' besides"
went on Baptiste. HE can max de
cut in de needle of de fores'."
That's right" agreed Bob Stratton.
.'They's the west half Of eight amt
been cut yet
SO they sent delegation to Railway.
Big Nolan was the spokesman.
Boss" said he bluntly, shes too
cold to work on them plains today.
She's the coolest day we had
Railway was too old hand at the
business to make any promises on the
spot
"Ill see, boys" said he.
When the breakfast was over the
crew were sent to making sideways
and travoying roads on EIGHT" This
was precedent. In time the work on
the plains was grumblingly done in any
weather. However, Us to this Railway
proved firm enough. He was a good
fighter when he knew he was being i'm
posed upon.
And as the days slipped by he tight
ened the reins. Christmas was ap-
preaching. An easy mathematical COM
putation reduced the question of COM
pleting his contract with Morrison &
DAILY to certain weekly quota. In
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-06

ought to be done, and he must be on
hand Unexpectedly to see how its ac-
complishment is progressing. Dyer
should have been out of bed at first
horn blow
One morning he slept until nearly 10
o'clock. 1t was inexplicable. He hur-
ried from his bunk. made hasty toilet
and started for the dining room to get
some sort of lunch to do him until
dinner time. AS he stepped from the
door of the office he caught sight of
two men hurrying from the cook camp
to the mems camp He thought he
heard the hum Of conversation in the
latter building. The cookie set hot
coffee before him. For the rest he
took what he could find cold on the ia
BILE
Dyer sat down, feeling for the first
time little guilty. This was not be-
cause of a sense of a derelietion in du-
ty, but because he feared the strong
mans contempt for inefficiency.
II sort Of pounded my ear little
long this morning. he remarked, with
an unwonted air of bonhomie.
The cook creased his paper with one
hand and went on reading.
Il suppose the men got out to the
marsh on time" suggested Dyer, still
easily.
The cook laid aside his paper and
looked the scaler in the eye.
you're the foreman; I'm the cook, :"
said he. "You ought to know"
Dyer was no weakling. The prob
lem presenting. he rose to the emergen-
cy. Without another word he pushed
back his coffee cup and crossed the
narrow. open passage to the mems
camp.
When he opened the door silence
fell. He could see di1nly that the room
was full Of lounging and smoking lum-
bermen. AS a matter Of fact, not
man had stirred out that morning.
Flows this, menw cried Dyer sharp
ly. 'Why aren't you out on the
marsh"
No one answered for moment. Then
Baptiste:
"He maxi too tam cole for de marsh.
Meester Railway he spik dat we Kip OF
dat marsh wen he max COLE"
Dyer knew that the precedent was in
disputable.
"Why didn't you cut on eight then?"
he asked still in peremptory tones.
Didn't have no one to show us
where to begin," drawled voice in the
corner.
Dyer turned on his heel and went
out
The crew worked on the marsh that
afternoon and the subsequent days Of
the week. They labored conscientious
", but not zealously. The work moved
slowly. At Christmas number of the
men went out" Most Of them were
back again after four or FIVE days. for
while men were not plenty neither was
work. The equilibrium was nearly ex-
act.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-06
Many Styles of ROWING.

A majority of the men appointed TO
the rowing squad of a college or club
have had previous experience with the
oars. They may have rowed for smaller
organizations. These men may con-
slider themselves to be ready to start
work with a crew Immediately, but
such Is not the case. There are as
many different styles of rowing as there
are crows in corntield. Every man
has peculiarities in his execution that
must be eradicated. The coach consid-
ers one of his principal duties to be
the development of uniformity in his
crews. The men must be made to work
together like clockwork, and conse-
quently many man has to unlearn all
that he has previously been taught.
One Of the best known college coach
es said to the writer not long ago: II do
not want any so called expert oarsmen
to come to me for places In the crews.
They know too much. They have form
ed habits oftentimes that do not agree
with my ideas. and it is a difficult job