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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-13
Edictos

Estados Unidos de America. Ell Presi
dente de los Estados Unidos y en- su
nombTe Don Felipe Cuchf y Arnau
Juez Presidente del Tribunal de Dis
trito de Arecibo, en- funciones de
Juez Instructor.
Hace saber: que por providencia fe-
cha tres de los corrientes, en- las dill
genciss de apremio promovldas por ell
Letrado don Felipe Casalduc y Goicoe-
~chea, en- cobro de sus honcrarios de-
vengados en- ell juicio declarativo segui-
do por don Jose Domingo Abren contra
la Succession de don Eusebio Perez y
doiia Monserrate Rivera, Sc manda sa-
car pt1biica subasta. por termino de
veinre dias y por ell valor en- que han
sido tasadas, las fncas siguientes:
Finca rtstica llamada San Antonio" !,
sta en- el barrio de "Jayuya arriba",
termino de Utuado, de ciento cincuenta
v siete cuerdas, igual 81 hectareas,
s67 areas, con pastos, p'antaciones de
cafe, una casa habiiacio de maderas
del pafs techo de zinc; y otra casa
de igual construction, con maquina de
descascarar cafe; lindante al Norte, con
el rio "Lss calabazas';; al Este, con
tierras de don Juan NJ. Margarito Ma
rim y Francisco Avila 8 Davila al
Sud, con Ia hacienda "Janca" Do
ningo Deuca; y al Oeste. con Antonio
Colldzo Ortiz, Pascasio Torrerola y
Francisco Medina; cuya finca ha sido
tasada en- la cantidad de un mil Glen
dollars.
Sc ha sefialado para e. remate el dia
tres de Mario proximo las diez de su
naafana, en- la Sala Audiencia de este
Tribunal; advirtiendose que no Sc ad
mitiran posturas que 10 cubran las dos
terceras partes del valor de la tasaci6n,
y que pa tomar parte en- la subasta
hay que consignar previamente sobre
a mesa del Tribunal, ei diez por ciento
de dicha tasacion, y que no Sc han
traido los autos los tftulos de propie-
dad de la f1Aca.
Dado en- Arecibo custro de Febre-
no de mil novecientos cuatro.-Felipe
-Cuchf III Secretsrlo, jose E. Egne-
5as.
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-13
sERvIcIO DE CABOTAJE

TN vapor sale odas las los UEVES e.
ESTE otra los VIERNES el OESTE alas de la anan
Sadra por el ESTE: Vernes Agosto7 Al, septiembre4
Sadra por OESTE: Martes Agosto 49, Septiembrc
Los Coo PONCE saldran de San uan para Ponce
lirectos " puertos haca Agosto Sept
Un vapor pasae de ruta sale de San Juan
Maes sguiendo la egada del costanero de sus va
por Ell ESTE.
Un vapor de pasae de ruta ega San Juan de New York
uevs de la ada del vapor vlajes p
A OESTE
Ocna San Juan Gale de Tetuan esquina de la TancA
fELEFoNo No stt
Oicina de Nueva York, MIN. broadway.
Ofcina de Nueva OrIesns. W. iuck Agent 60 Common st
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-13
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
A Record O

Probably the largest moose ever
killed was shot in Alaska last summer
by Lord Alphinstone and party in the
Kenai peninsula. This moose weighed
1,576 pounds and measured seven and
one-half feet to the top of his Shout
ders. The skull and horns weighed
rs pounds, but the spread Of the ant
lers is not known definitely. The next
largest moose on the coast is one in
the Parliament building at Victoria
B. c., which measures seven feet three
inches in height. The party r very
well satisfied with their hunt, anC
brought out quite a number Of
trophies, which they prize very highly,
The English party was beaten to Sell
dovia by Baron Paul Neidick, who
paid the agent of the steamer Nome
City $1,000 to be landed at Seldovia
where he could secure the services Of
John Gilpatrick ahead of the English
party. He won the race to the north
but the Alphinstone party got thu
game.-Field and Stream.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
MerVe-Timinp

A curious instance of the care and
minuteness with which the human body
is now studied, in the effort better to
understand It's powers and functions, Is
furnished by a paper read recently at a
meeting of the Royal society in London
on the "Rapidity of the Nervous Impulse
in Tall and Short Individuals" Even
the difference in time required for a
nerve telegram" to traverse the bodies
of different people is regarded as a mat
ter of scientific Importance. A series of
observations has shown that the length
Of the nerves does not affect the veloci-
ty with which an impulse passes between
the brain and the extremities, and con-
sequently that more time is needed II
the path is long tAan if it is short. It
follows that a short man should feel a
step on his corns quicker than a tall man,
but the difference is so slight that the
offender has no better chance of escape
IN one case than in the other.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
RUSSIA'S REAL WEAKNESS,
Exhaustion of the Soil the Cause of
Much Suffering Among the
Peasantry.

In consequence of the terrible and
frequent famines which of late have
devastated Russia a commission was
appointed in the spring of 1899 to in
quire into the economic decay OF the
central governments of European Rus
STA, writes O. Eltzbacher, in Nineteenth
Century.
One of its members, MI. A. D. Polje-
now, has recently published some results
of that inquiry, from which it appears
that the quantity of grain sown per head
of population decreased by 35 per cent.
between 1S61-1S65 and 1S91-1S96. We are
told "the Russian peasant living in these
governments suffered chronically from
insufficiency of food, and the terrible
consequences are already apparent to a
pronounced degree" How greatly ex-
hausted the soil has become is evident
from the fact that, according to the com
mission, the ground yields now 27 per
cent. less than it did 80 years ago.
The impoverishment of the population
has been so great that, in spite of the
great increase of the numbers of peas
ants, the number of horses has decreased
by As per cent. between 1868 and 1895.
And so many horses have died of famine
many peasants have taken their wives
and children into the pillow.
Notwithstanding the frightful and
habitual dearth of the most necessary
food, more than half of Russia's exports
always consists of corn, flour and meal.
These exports of food represent a money
value of from $50, 600, 900 to $4,000, 900
a year. If the Russian population were
properly nourished Russia could not ex-
port any grain, but would have to import.
But the peasant cannot always afford to
eat his own grain. Immediately after
the harvest the government gathers
the taxes, and many taxpayers are left
to starve after the harvestis over. Their
food has been collected by the govern
ment in the form of taxes, and is sent
out of the country in order to pay inter-
est on the huge foreign loans which have
been contracted by the government for
the furtherance of Russia's expansionist
policy. Thus Russia's army
and navy, her strategical railways and
harbors, her loans to China and Persia,
her secret service, her shipping subsidies
and her export bounties are paid for with
the food of the peasants, and if the peas
ants were allowed to eat their W
food Russia would speedily be bank
rupt.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
%UP-TO-DATE LIBRARIES.
Books May Now Be Ordered to Har.
monte with Surroundings in
Sections and Covers.

me truly modern and really up-to
date book store of this generation is
one of the best examples of the desire
to cater to the public taste, says Percy
Douglas, in the Reader.
Our grandfathers read and were COM
PEELED nolens volens to use large, cum
bersome volumes. These suited some
people, but others rebelled. Then our
fathers thought they had solved the
problem by printing nice little editions
on India paper, thus giving the much
sought for small book with large print.
These volumes were in some ways de-
lightful-small, neat, easily carried in
the pocket, light to handle and a relief
to the eyes; in fact, a vast improvement
on the productions of the early nine
tenth century. But looking back We
can see what crude makeshifts they were
after all.
How was the mar who wanted an i'm
posing library (which he did not use)
to make it out of small books? How was
my lady to harmonic the color of her
book bindings with each change of dec
orative scheme? Then, again, if one
did not like certain chapters in a book,
how in the world was one to be rid of
them? The modern idea of sectional
volumes, with extra wide margins and
movable, reversible covers, never seems
to have dawned upon them.
With these steps in advance one can
in this day satisfy every variation in
taste, every caprice and within. The
man who likes small volumes has his
bookseller cut off the unnecessary mar
gins, slip on a flexible leather cover,
stamp the title on back and side and the
book is completed while he waits.
The nan WHO has the most beautiful
library mostly for exhibition purposes
leaves the extra wide margins, has a full
leather case of his fancy's color put OR
elaborate tooling done by machinery, his
crest stamped in bold relief and the i'm
posing volume is ready for its place on
the shelf.
Should my lady think the shade of the
binding on the set of Mr.. Dooley's COM
plete works does not harmonic with the
new draperies, then the covers are easily
detached, appropriate ones substituted
and-Mr. Dooley's done.
But even these improvements, great
as they are, are insignificant compared
with the truly modern idea of books
in sections. In our advanced civilization
it is almost too much to expect an au'
thor to write a whole volume which vii
suit the taste of the purchaser. Their
why should we be burdened with chap,
tiers we do not like? Certainly not. The
e%nterprising book seller will cheerfully
take out the undesirable sections anC
substitute any others of your choosing
either from the same author OF som
other. By this beautiful device eacf
book buyer can be his own editor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
WHEAT SUPERSEDlNG RICE.
The American Grain Taking the Place
of the Popular Food Prod
uct in Japan.

A strong point made by the flour
mill magnates of the west is that, when
any considerable number of the mil
lions of China shall call for flour, the
entire wheat-growing area Of the
world will not be sufficient to supply
the demand. Even if all Japan should
become a flour-eating people" he said,
"the whole available supply Of the Pa
cific coast would provide this commodi-
ty for only 90 per cent. of the popula-
ton of that kingdom" There is like
lihood, too. says Harold Bolee, in
Booklovers Magazine, that a greater
portion of the inhabitants of Japan will
acquire the habit of using flour. 1t
vas represented to the mikado by his
ablest advisers that, in modelling the
Japanese army on the latest military
standard of the modern powers, the
important matter of diet had been
overlooked. Not only had all modern
nations a standing army, but the food
of these formidable hosts consisted in
a great measure of wheat products.
Relocating regiments. it was feared,
might not be able successfully to con
tend with a foe whose sinews were
built up Of wheat, Japan, to be up-to-
date, must maintain not only a big,
well equipped and well drilled military
force, but its soldiers, like the men of
arms of other lands. must eat -four.
So an imDerial edict went forth recent
ly; and now every soldier in the ar
mics of japan gets a daily ration of
Oregon, Washington and California
-four. This ukase of the emperor will
mark the beginning of a very impor-
tant chapter in commercial history, for
this mandate on the part of the mika-
do has already greatly stimulated the
demand in the kingdom for wheat
products, the people being alert to keep
abreast of whatever is decided to be
progress along modern lines.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
Musicale East of Snaz.

On Sunday afternoon at four p. m.
says the Perak Straits Echo. a Chinese
lunch was given by Mrs. CHA Boon
Teat, in honor of the departure of Mr..
Law Yew Swee to Tongkah and Mr.. Tan
Koon Yong's recent appointment as ST.
p%erintendent over the property Of Mr..
Low Boon Tit at Mrs. All Yoke's country
house. After lunch the services of three
Cantonese singing girls were engaged;
the performance of the three Chinese
girls, a Malay pianist, a Mohammedar
organsst, who played the harmonium
with exquisite taste, was much appre-
ciated by all present, while the usual
Malay rong-geng party was also in al.
tendance. This sort of function con.
prising such cosmopolitan music WA
never before essayed by anyone and
Mrs. CHA Boon Teat has scored a suc
cess. The party dispersed at midnight.
highly pleased with the services of the
musicians and themselves.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
INTERNAL REVENUE STAMPS
Some That Have Been Too Costly for
Collectors to Buy-Most VAL
liable Collection.

The United States internal reven"e
one stamp collectors in this country
and Europe have ever looked upon
with covetous eyes and pursued with
vain endeavor. The adhesive war rev.
enue stamps issued during the civil!
war and the Spanish war were, OF
course, sold to all corners, and the
stamp collector loaded up on all the
denominations that came within the
limits of his purse, says the Philadel-
phia Logger.
But the large $500 stamp of the civi
war and the S 1000 issue of recent
yea.s were just a trifle too fancy for
the most enthusiastic collector. When
the war taxes were repealed a couple
OF years ago, and some 400 tons of sur.
plus stamps were to be called in ami
destroyed, there was a rush upon I'll.
bureau by philatelists, who believed
they could get some of the big fellows
at bargain counter prices, but much
to their chagrin they discovered tina;
SNNh II uoS dllCl llt ohdLll9 bCLahlN
obsolete, the $1,000 stamp was still
selling for 81, 900, and could not BE-
bought then except upon satisfactory
proof that it was needed to validate
some document which should have
been stamped when the law was il
force.
The stamp collector can, of course
get possession of Cancelled adhesive
stamps and display them along with
his other treasures, but your real
philatelist always wants a stamp that
has never felt the stab of the cancelin2
machine, and hence his ceaseless pur-
suit of the genuine article. Still, the
cancelled stamps of old issues are high
ly priced by philatelists and many {
pretty penny has been turned b
shreWd persons, who robbed old and
worthless documents of their revenue
stamps.
The most valuable collection of oh.
solete stamps in the world hangs ir
the corridor in the treasury building
nea the office of the commissioner CT
internal revenue. These stamps were
assembled in an artistic manner fo'
the government exhibit at the CenteIr
NAL exposition in 1876, and comprise
all the obsolete issues then in exist.
ence, ranging in value from 1 cent tc
5000.
the collection is handsomely mount,
ed and is in a gilt frame about 6x9 feet
1t was exhibited at subsequent eX,
positions. but permission to take thu
collection to Buffalo was refused, and
it will probably not be allowed tc
leave the treasury building again.
Owners of famous collections who have
viewed this display say that at currenl
rates it would sell for $3.50, 900.
AS to the other classes of internal
revenue stamps-those used by manu-.
facturers of tobacco and cigars, distil,
lers and brewers-here again does the
law block the desire of the stamp co..
lector by providing that such stamp;
shall be sold only to those entitled t.
use them commercially.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
STRUCTURE OF THE CELLS.
Perfect Her Plan Regard
ing Them.

In a recent address before the Secular
league, of Washington, Hyland c. Kirk
discussed the subject of Cells and Cell
Structure" saying in the course of his
address:
1T has taken nature a very long pc
riod to develop man as he is. Falcon
tology informs us that the age of fishes.
of primary period, extended through some
"a, 600 600 years; the age of reptiles, or
secondary period, covered some IL ,000,-
900 years; while the mammalian, Of
tertiary period, extending up to man,
was some 5000, 900 years; so that each
one of us can boast of an ancestry run
ming back to the earliest cell of some
$4,000, 900 years. In this view the few
whirls about the sun that a man lives
would hardly seem to compensate ma
ture for her trouble. If one lives to
be 100 years he has attained 1-4S0,O0
part of the time that it has taken ma
ture to produce him. If man as he is
is the highest thing aimed at, why has
nature gone to so much trouble to pro-
duce so ephemeral a creature?
"The cell, as the unit Of structure in
the organism. is a long way from being
understood. The biological chemist.
thehistologist the embryologist the path
ologist. the moralist and the philoso-
pher have each a field here for work.
1t is not impossible that a knowledge of
this simple unit, usually invisible to
the eye, yet that links each one of us,
not only with royal families and great
est of the earth, but with every animal
and plant that exists or has existed
it is not impossible that its practical
comprehension may result in a great
and enduring benefit to man. For the
vibrations and motions of the cell, which
probably determine the character Of
each individual developed from the en-
bryo, operate in the ether Of space
which binds the visible universe to,
gether, suggesting, through the proc
esses it reveals, much higher results
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
PUSH AHEAD.

Is the path with shadows dimf
Push ahead.
Are there difficulties grim?
Push ahead.
Halt not for the hindrance met;
Halt not for some vain regret;
All the past, forgive, forget
Push head.
Are there foes within-without?
Push ahead.
Do thy friends thy wisdom doubt?
Push ahead.
Falter o for anything,
Mount thy hope on fieetest wing;
Upward, forward go and sing
Push ahead.
Be not heartless, selfish, proud
Push ahead.
Room enough; then never crowd
Push ahead.
Jostle not thy fellow-men;
Help the fallen rise again;
Speak a cheering word, and then
Push ahead.
Make thy purpose manifest
Push ahead.
Seek to know and lind the best.
Push ahead.
May thy guardian angels three
Faith and Hope and Charity
Ever cheer and strengthen thee.
Push ahead.
Mrs. F. A. Brock, in Orange judo
Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
Overt Conservative.

One thing is lacking in Italy, especial
ly in the south, and that is Individual
initiative. Capital is plentiful, but the
Italian is, as a rule, very conservative,
thrifty and saving. 1t is figured that
many millions are boarded away by
thousands who prefer to lose the interest
on their money rather than to intrust
it to banking institutions, not to speak
of investing it in industrial enterprises
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
,Japanese PRAYER Wheels.

Praying in Japan is made very easy.
in the streets are tall posts with prayers
printed on them, and with a small wheel
attached. Anyone passing by can give
the wheel a turn and that counts as a
prayer The Anus, residing in Yezo,
the second largest of the $3.50 islands
of which the empire is composed, wor-
ship the bear and reverence the sun,
moon, fire, wind and water.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
His Little Joke.

Eyes" said the young man, 81 re-
moved the dial from that grandfather's
clock which has stood in our house for
a century"
at is a wonder that the noble old
timepiece didn't protest." spoke up the
emotional girl.
"It didn't have the ace."-Chicago
Daily News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14

Iron is a food to all anaemic persons
and must not be regarded by the.. as a
medicine only to be taken temporarily,
for in most cases it is necessary to per-
severe in taking iron for a period vary
ing from two months to five or six years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
Taking No CHANCES.

Efie Gust engaged)-What do vol
think Edwin said last night? That If
he had to choose either me or $1,000.
he wouldn't ven look at the money.
May (still waiting)-Dear, loyal fel.
low! | suppose he wouldn't like to
risk the temptation.-Stray Stories
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
Worthless as Food.

The chemical committee of the Brit
ish Royal Agricultural society investi-
gated some new food" stuff which pur-
ported to be rice meal, and was sold at
the rate of $20.60 a ton, and found it to
consist of the ground-up husks of the rice
grain, and not worth $3.50 a ton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
Argon.

When air Is passed over red-hct
quicklime and magnesium, then over
red-hot metallic calcium, the oxygen,
nitrogen and hydrogen are absorbed.
leaving argon. Moissan has found that
the proportion Of argon varies from
0,9S25 lin London) to 0.9492 lover the
Atlantic ocean,.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
Locating His Man Easily

Patron-Ill have a piece of pumpiib
pie.
Waiter-Punkin pie. Yes, sir.
Pumpkin pie"
ooh, yes, sir. Think the Boston club
will have any chance O. winnin' the pen
nant this year "-Philadelphia Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
A Sure Sign.

well, l guess old Slyman is begin
ming to make his pile"
why do you think so?"
Hes going around blowing abou
now much happier a man is when he'A
poor."-Philadelphia Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
No Overtime.

Does your wife talk in her sleep?"
"She doesn't need to-"
Doesn't need to-"
mo; she says all there is to be said
while she is awake. Houston Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14

An extensive and rich deposit of,chro.
mic iron ore has been found on the coast
of Cuba, 30 miles from Baracoa. 1t ag-
gregates from eight to twelve feet in
thickness.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
First Electric Railway.

The first electric railway for public
use in America was that Of the East
Cleveland Street Railway company,
which was equipped in 1884. The con-
ductors were laid underground.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
Exports to Italy.

The United States has the lead as ex.
porters to Italy of cotton oil, heavy min
eral oil, petroleum and solid parafin,
and the same might be said for tobacco
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14

A census recently taken of the horses
in Paris shows that while the Palais
Royal quarter has 1860 inhabitants,
it accommodates 10000 horses.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14

Some men," said Uncle Eben,
thinks dey is maxim haste when dey
ain maxim muffin but trouble."- -
Washington Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
Man,s s~uperiority Over Animals.

According to the best authorities there
has never been a race of men who were
ignorant Of fire.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14
Sure.

Bacon-Do you ever answer fool ques-
tons?
Egbert--Yes; what do you want to
know ?--Yonkers Statesman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-14

The common pond frogs natural life
time is from IL to Is years,