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The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-12
THE LYCECM COURSE
VIII Be Decidedly Choice and
Delightful i'm Nature.

line subscription list to the Acade-
lnys Lyceum Course. which will be
Dig feature the coming season tx
stend1ly increasing. The amusement
ioFins pubic appear fully alive to tha
worth of the series of enIertajnr,a,,.,
ana seem bent upon taking advantars
OF the opportunity now being offered
10 subscribe to season books ar nh.
exceedingly low price of 50 per hooL
.Ach DOCK will entitle the holder
'"hetner the original purchaser or
hoD to admission to each of n.
eight exceptionally strong numbers
that will compose the course onani,,.
uhe latter part of next month ca,
carry In october with the Hungarian
OiuiieStra Inc other entertainments
"ii De JUST as superior in merit and
VIII De the best of their kind eyer
seen in this city. Among tf1e dist;r
guished lecturers will be Fred. Emer-
son Brooks. William States Jacobs and
captain Jack Crawford. w7lfke among
The musical and novelty numbers will
De the original Mendelssohp O1srtette
the ram Gus Alice Carey Concert Com
pany and the European wonders. the
RRchies- So it can be easily seen that
the list is one entirely new tn VII
mingUon and OF a decidedly high order.
Aside from the fact that purchasers
CT the season books will get the oppor-
tunfty OF seeing each of these enter
lafnments at a nominal cost. they will
get the advantage Of being aiowed to
reserve seats first.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-12

know how to handle that scythe you'd
better stop right there. You don't
look like a scytheist."
"You never mind my looks. I've
come here to NOW, and if there were
a thousand hoodlums looking on I'd go
through with it"
Then go ahead"
Mr.. Bowser went ahead. The feeling
of goneness disappeared, and he put the
strength of q giant into his swing. He
was about to utter the accompanying
''han' when-he didn't. The point OF
the scythe entered the ground a foot
or more, and the mower fell over his
feet and the snath and brought upon
the broad of his back. There We're
shouts and yells and roars of laughter,
and the voice of the cockeye prophet
was heard saying:
Didn't 1 predict this? Didn't 1
say there would be sunthink here to
larf atF'
"Give it up, old man." advised the
officer-"give it up and try wheel
barrow"
Never
Mr.. Bowser wriggled the .scythe
loose and spat on hi5 hands and drew
back for a sweep that should cover
fifty feet Of growing grass. This time
he got out the ''hap' but it did not pre-
vent a calamity. The point Of the
scythe entered the ground again to
break off, and the momentum of the
effort lifted the mower OF his feet and
shot him forward, and as he landed in
the grass his head struck an old paint
bucket, and the busy world was no
more to him.
When he again returned to the United
| States Of America and haymaking he
was lying on the lounge in the back
| parlor. and Mrs. Bowser, the cook, the
cat, the doctor and the policeman were
lowering over him.
doctor, what has -happened? asked
Mr.. Bowser in a faint voice.
"You went out to mow."
"And-and''-
"And made an ass Of yourself. az
usual"
"Win Twill live"
ooh, yes Yes, you will live, but it
will be at least two weeks before you
can go to farming again, and then
| you'll probably go around on the arms
Of windmill by the advice of some
tomfool quack. Don't worry. Nothing
can kill you. Mrs. Bowser, do you
| want to ask him any questions before
he goes to sleepT'
"Just one. want to ask him If he
got that 'har off all right and in its
| right place"
But Mr.. Bowser shut his eyes and
| ignored her. NJ. QUAD:
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-12

OF programme / wouldn't live to see
the summer out. 1 have got to have
exercise of certain kind"
And so yOu are going to exercise
with the scythe?'' Queried Mrs. Bow
Ser
Il am. Swinging the scythe gives
q r,acI,far motion to the body, as you
rIay have t.:llGn notice. The arms aGd
shoulders EOvc one way and the hips
another forget just what motion
~ he called it, but it's the one to do me
good. You have seen men NOW, of
cOurseE'
"Oh. yes"
.'Ycu have heard them utter Il 'har
al they swept the scytke into the
grass. That expels the air from the
lungs and works on another set OF
muscles. I'm not q man with over
much faith in doctors, but from the
way this one talked L firmly believe
that Il few exercises will make n new
man OF me.
'Ic charged fee. OF courset'
"Nell-er-weil. handed him 50. His
advice may be worth $500 or $1,000.
And where Will you mow?"
."In the vacant lot across the alley.
Mrs. BowSer said no more If Mr..
Bowser had come home to NOW and
eliminate that feeling of goneness, then
nothing but an earthquake could halt
him. When he left the table it was
to go upstairs and change to his farmer
suit, and when he came down to pick
up his scythe and go forth TO the hay
field his face was flushed and his eyes
danced AS he reached the back yard
to pass through the alley gate he stop
ped and applied the scythe stone and
set up Il whistle, and as Mrs. Bowser
smiled he waved his hand and exclain-
ed:
by George, but this is living. this
isl 1 haven't made n cut yet, and still
] feel better than / have in a month
Mr. Bowser didn't traverse the length
OF his back yard and cross the alley
without being observed, and he had
scarcely arrived at the bayfield, when
he found a dozen boys, one old man
and one young man with cockeye on
hand to see what was going to happen.
He suggested that they go about their
business, but no one moved.
"You see,- it's just this way" re-
piled the old man. ''if you are to NOW
then I wants to see you now"
"And what 1 wants." added the cock
eyed young man. lis sunthink to larf
at. I haven't had Il good larf since
the day I was kicked by hoss and
had my eye cooked up"
''And what do you expect to see here
to laugh att" severely demanded Mr..
Bowssr
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-12
THE GOVERNORS DEFENSE.
The Irritability Of Wilmington I'm
the Present Situation Is Natural.

The Wilmington Chamber of Com
merce charges the Governor with hay-
ing done a deliberate injustice 20
Wrightsville by choosing Morehead as
the place for the military encampment
this summer. The Governor writes
very excellent defense against the
charge. This controversy grows out OF
the management OF the North Carolina
and Atlantic railway. The Governors
10 appoint a certain number OF direc-
tors TO represent the states interests
and there his duty ends. These d1rec-
tors together with certain others elect
ed by the private stockholders ought 20
have absolute and free control OF the
management OF the road. They ought
TO be appointed without the condition
OF subsequently doing the govern
ments bidding. They ought 20 elect
their own officers without being con-
strained by the Governors direction In
the matter. It has come TO be gen.
eral opinion that the Governor In con-
trolling the management of this road
and there Is where the Governor has
entangled himself with misunderstand-
ings with the people. Under the eircum-
stances the impression IL rather nat
ural that the location of the encamp-
ment at Morehead is TO help the road
out. v the Governor was freed from an
indirect connection with the manage
ment OF this road. the people OF VII
mington would never have suspected
that the selection OF Morehead was
governed by a secondary motive and
In that situation the action OF the
Chamber OF Commerce would have
haan absurd In The yy~exenf zff,ra @sr-,
the irritabiIity OF Wilmington and
WrightsvilIe Is In a measure natural.
even though It be possibly wholly un-
fair.-Charlotte Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-12
Copyright, 1904, by T. c. Mcclure,

Sl
n hour before Mr.. Bowser came
home to dinner the other even
9 Ing an express wagon delivered
scythe at his house. Mrs.
Bowser insisted that there must be
some mistake about it, but the express
man was firm. He said he had been
delivering scythes and other things for
the last twenty years and had never
made mistake. He couldn't say what
Mr.. Bowser wanted with a scythe, but
1t would have been the same had the
consignment been rhinoceros-he
would have left 1t at the basement door
and asked no questions.
"Was scythe left here this after
noon" asked Mr.. Bowser as soon as
he entered the house.
"Yes. But thought there was some
mistake" answered Mrs. Bowser. 'If
you had ordered up a brickyard or a
sawmill, / shouldn't have been sur
prised, but, unless you want to hang
the scythe in the hall as a relic of your
farmer days, can't see what you are
going to do with it."
cit is easily explained A doctor was
in the office this afternoon, and he no.
ticed my condition and''-
"Your condition.
my condition, Mrs. Bowser. The
fact is everybody seems to have no
ticed il but you"
But have you got too fat and healthy
or whatY'
'Too fat and healthyr' repeated Mr..
Bowser with undue energy and a
flushed face Woman, do you ridicule
me? For the last month I have been
losing five pounds of flesh per week,
and even strangers have noticed my
pallor. Why, only yesterday
"Well, a doctor was in the Office" she
interrupted.
"Yes, n doctor was in the Office, and
he told me that unless I made a change
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-12
He Saved Street Car Fares.

Professor Francis A. March. the
noted philogist of Lafayette, is an
officer OF the Phi Beta Kappa frater-
nifty, and at one of the fraiernity's
meetings. apropos OF fiippancy. he
said:
An Old friend Of mine told me the
other day of remark that a young
man had made to him. This remark Is
Interesting because it illustrates the
fippancy. the impudence. that passes
for wit among a certain class of youth.
My father is rich. and he said to
the young man:
:. Save economic. / add the foun-
daiion of my fortune by saving street
car fares
II didn't know you hard ever been
a conductor" the young man answer
ed. And he added 70 this; 1t couldn't
De done in these days anyhow. on ac-
count of the fare-regiSoerfng ma
chimes"
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-12
boWSer Cuts Grass
nc ooes Forth to Now In Order to Improve Hi. Health.
but His Antics Furnish Much Sport and Sooo
| >. Attract Crowd. Much to His Di,eu.t

Il can't say, sir, but I'm sure that
there will be sunthink. and I wouIdn,t
miss it for money"
The audience was being added to
every moment, and Mr.. Bowser decid-
ed TO return to the house and await a
more propitious occasion He certain
ly would have done so but for the re-
marks passed. The old man observed
that some folks could NOW with n
crowbar better than with q scythe,
and the cockeyed philosopher replied
that he knew a buffer as soon as he
saw the back of his neck. The youn-
ger element also INDUCED in sage re-
marks, and when Mr. BOwser found
himself ridiculed and bluffed at he
and got ready to NOW.
He had never handled a scythe in
his life, but he had often watched the
merry haymakers at work and saw
how easy it was to lay a swath. All
he had to do was to swing the scythe,
utter a "ha"' and swing again. Just
as he was about to make his first
suoke ana had worked up dignity OF
pose to freeze the crowd a policeman
came down the alley and stopped and
demanded:
whats this crowd doing around
here anyway"
"Sir, a man is going to now" e1.
planned the old man.
''Sir, sunthink is goip' to happen to
make US larf," explained the cockeyed
man.
what are you going to NOW for?'
asked the officer Of Mr.. Bowser.
"The doctor has advised it"
Advised you to cat the grass after
it's mowedT
"Of course not. It's the exercise I'm
after, and I would be much obliged il
you would disperse this crowd"
II couldn't do it. and if you don't
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-11

the Fair Grounds, and Hotel
 is a trip that a person can take
 And the opportunity that is cur again. So you had better few minutes each day, or even to secure the subscriptions we ---fifteen paid-in-advance yearly day Advertiser, or a number of equivalent: to fifteen yearly or May Ist andwill end June goth, s alL thus giving everyone ample X canvass of the district they Everything will be furnished subscribers---literature, schemes,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-11

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  Further
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-11

Expenses for ten days. This only once in a lifetime.
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 by us to help you to secure the receipt books, etc. We will
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-05
Nueyos farmaceuticOs

En- los recientes examenes para far
maceuticos celebrados bajo la inspec-
ci6n de los Lcdos. don Lorenzo Ga
llardo y don Jose Calderon Aponte
resultaron aprobados los jovenss &C.
naro Manzanal Claudio, de San Juan
1888 por 90; Pablo Caban, de Utuado
S6'2; Gustavo Garcia Rivera. de Pc
f1uelas, S4'5; Fernando Fernandez, de
Arecibo, Sr'a; Julio Perez Aviles, Are
cibo, To-; Juan E. Loubriel Cueto
Maunabo, 1876 y Claudio Prado, de San
Juan IS.
Y han sido recomendados por Ia
Comision examinadora a la Junta Su
perior de Sandal, para que Sc les
expida la correspondence licsncia para
ejercer. durante afios, segdn la Ley
VICENTE.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-05
CartaS detenidaS
Guayama, Julio 2 de 1924.

Hasta ell I6 del actual pueden procu-
rarse en- la o6cina de San Juan las 81
guientes cartas, detenidas por lgnorar-
Sc Ell domicilio de las personals; despues
de dicha fecha, iran al negoclado de
"cartaS muertaS'
Asencio Eloisa, Alma de Inocencia,
Bull Juan, Burgos Ruberto, Blois Jo-
Sc, Balencia Jesds, Correo Norverto'
Clemeute Juana, Campbell Atkins,
Campillo Luis, Dehrade Angel, Fran
ces Primitive, Garcia Nicolas, Garcia
Juan, Izquierdo Barbino, Lopez Elcu-
terio, Lopez Genembu, LABEL La Ma
caza, La Fuente de Mariana, Monta
fIez Daniana, Miralles Enrique, Mar
tinez Providencio, Marrero Gregorio-
Martin Photographer Martinez Fer
nando, Nicolas Antonio. Osano Jalien
lose, Ortiz Soledad, Piris Ruben, Prize
to Pho, Rojas Encarnaci6n, Rivera Car
men, Risuras Julia. Ranger Alfredo,
Rotea Jose, Segni Andonio, Sanchez
& Vergara, Sanchez etc. Vregara, San
chez Martinez Joge, Vidal Rafael, Vi
Oil Diaz Otilio, Verdejo Saturnino }
Williams Mrs. Julia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-05
Guayarna

Ell entierro de don Antonio Moraz-
2ani Y Matteo, fue bastante concurrido.
H IN salido de esta ciudad para
establecer su residencia en- Rio Pie
dras, las distinguidas sefioritas Caba
Hero, hermanas de nueStro eStimado
amigo don Luis Caballero, de Salinas.
:. Dichas sefloritas fueron vecinas de
eSta ciudad por espacio de tres amos.
Que obtengan las mismas simpat1as
que tienen en- eSta, en- eSa pobla c1on.
-Esperase en- esta ciudad, la afa
mada compafi1a de zarzuela Union
Artistica' que act1a en- el teatro La
Perla", de Ponce.
-Ha salido para los EstadoS Unidos
en- viaje de recreo, nuestro amigo don
Pedro Gonzalez Iglesias, professor gra
duado de esta poblacion.
La policia debia prohibir que los
vendedores de dulceS y otroS artlculoS
Sc paren con sus ventaS en- las aceras
de las GALES, pues este implde que las
personals puedan transitar por ella.
-Ha llegado de la capital. donde Sc
hallaba de regreso de los Estados
Unidos, estudiando en- una de sus
universidades la carrera de ingeniero
electricista, ell ioven farmaceutico y
amigo don Jose Antonio Bruno.
Le saludainos cari1osamente.
-Anoche llovio por eSta comarca y
Y eSpecialmente en- esta cludad, can
taros. La electricidad tamblen hizo
de las suyas.
Sc encuentrs va en- esta, Ell djstin-
guido jurisconSulto Seflor Nadal Santa
Coloma, de Mayagliez. Viene a tomar
SIT puesto de fiscal de la Corte de Dis
trito de Guayama, que empezara a
funcionar desde el dla del corrlente
mes.
Ell dep6sito municipal de esta, ha
Sido establecido en- la calle de A. Bal
dorioty.
-Nuestro querido amigo don Luis
N. Alvarez. ha sldo nombrado por va
rias casas de respectable cr6dito de los
Estados Unidos, representante para la
venta de sus artlculoS en- toda la isla.
Nos alegramos y felicitamos al amigo.
Los nuevos policlas especiales es-
tablecidos recientemente para ell Guido
de la carcel de esta poblacion. han to
rnado ell cargo desde el dfa 1 de los
corrienteS.
-Algunas de las principales GALES
de eSta poblacion, Sc hal1an en- un es-
tado deplorable. Cuando llueve Sc
forman baches que impiden al pdblico
transitar por elias. Olga este quien
corresponds.
Correspensal.
Guayama, Julio 2 de 1924.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-05

nica de
no llama anco
Facuvo Abogado ben
pode del
todas
q
primer en- cienc todos detaes
La York Institute OF
completes nstruccones del modo de inhui
Oued6 cramente
ejercendo considerable
valoso
Y est socedad
ompeta investigation dice 10 consdera
ell la
dedco
S John
edicos decian habia teminar
de personals acuden a curare
hipnotz6 sr Cunningham Pueblo
GALES pregondo vendo mani tostado
ueel hpnotlsmo IS
cergo madre de amia deben
pounc6 Aaos vd
irresistible llama Rlagnetmo personal
hipnotsm Lee estudio de cencia
expca los de
de ueda Vd empaa
Cuquiera puede prnder Sc ganza ell eo
Una argeta postal Sc 10 rae
Escrba hoy En- ell idoma lie
Direction INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE. Dept 81
York. E. u de A.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-05

De venta en- el bOLETIN a Is cen
tavos ejemplar. as persoaas de la
isla que 10 deseen pueuen obtenerio
Dor correo, enviando IN giro postal de
SO CerltavoS.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-05
La Ultima paaabra
LA FOTOGRAFIA PROGRESA

Cuents Guayama con una gaferfa fotoerafica
que drige don LeopOldo Venegas.
Tode trsbajo que Sc relacone con este ramo
de Ia industria moderna sera ejecutaae aif con
arte prontitud.
Especalidad ~ ess casa son los smpliaciones
postales ilumii das.
Para las pri,neA As hay marcos hermosos, DC lo'
tamanos que el p1blicO socite.
De cualquier retrato que SO envis por eorreo, Sc
hace In smpliaoi6n postal
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-05

Ofrezco excelente tabaco, procedente
lie las famosas vegas de Mango MA
natO, cosechado por Ell propietario de
elias, que susc ibe.
1870 pacas clasi6cadas desde capa
tripas terceras.
200 rollos hilado, de q I5o varas
cada uno. La clase es superior.
En- Barceloneta dara informes
Fernando SNa'sG.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-05
Mcwelas cashanas

Sc HAN RECIBIDO EN- Ell BoLETIN
Ell Secreto de Rosat1ra .......Io cts.
Jose Martf.. 10 cts.
El tiple cubano (decimas; cantos
y eRdechas populares9. 40 cts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-08-08
IS GUEST OF P~IcKPocKETe
visitor In "select Circle" Loses Only
Hypodermic Syringe and
Morphine Supply.

A curious story is told in the London
Chronicle about a dabbler in literature
who has been studying the criminal
classes 1t first hand, and succeeded in
obtaining an introduction to "a select
circle Of clever pickpockets," with a
regular meeting place of their own. The
brst time he shared one OF the social
evenings, of this group he carried moth
ing in his pockets save the money neces-
sary to take him home. On the next
occasion he took some gold with him,
and on leaving the house, early in the
morning, found that 1t was still in his
possession, but. on the other hand, he
missed something "of no value to any
one but the owner" a bottle of morphia
and a hypodermic syringe. He fastened
back to the house and begged the mem
Der OF the club with whom he was best
acquainted to get the missing treas
ures restored. But he vas too late; he
was shown the fragments Of the bottle
and the syringe. The men liked him,
and, knowing his weakness, had deputed
one of their number to prevent him
gratifying his morbid desire, at any rate
for that one night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-08-08
CHINESE DOGS WERE WISE
Oriental Minister Tells Story of Craft
mess Shown by Three
CANNES.

Prince Pn Lnn and the Chinese min
lister. Sir Cheptung Liang Cheng, at
tended the races at Gravesend. A num-
Der of New Workers were presented to
the distinguished foreigners, and one
them told an incident that illus
atei the remarkable intelligence OF
. dog of his. The minister said, with
q smile: Il am reminded. sir, of a
Chinese dog story. There was a China
man who had three dogs. When he came
home n evening he found them asleep
on HIS couch of teakwood and marble.
He whipped them and drove them forth.
The next night, when he came home
the dogs were lying on the floor. But
he placed his hand on the couch and
found II warm from their bodies. There.
fore he gave them another whipping.
The fhird night. returning earlier than
usuai. he found the dogs sitting before
the couch, blowing on it to cool It,"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-08-08
PAPERs HAVE ODD NAMES.
Russian Publications Are Not Blessed
with Very Businesslike
C~ognomens.

me strange thing about Russia's pop
II papers is their curious names. de-
.hres the Boston Herald. Strekosa
HGrasshopper). Babotchka butterfly.
HSvietum (The Whistler). Vetr (The
( Wind, are some names of popular pub
locations. A paper which was started
In Moscow some years ago was chris
tened B%eelezbub. Tchernilnitsa (The
Inkbottle) was the name Of another.
Russian popular papers have. as a
rule, small c~irculations. Like the daily
papers. they ere subjtc ct to the censor,
who stops the sale for a time or alto
gether II, in trying to be funny, any
thing offensive to the authorities is al
lowed to appear. Many papers are SUBJ
1ect to what is known as the preventive
c~ensure;" that is. the editor must
submit everything to the authorities be-
fore publication. A censor who allows
any serious anti-governmental hint to
escape Is dismissed from his post for
neglect; but this does not prevent the
editor also being punished.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-08-08
TERRIER ATTACKS A LION.
Recent Exploring Expedition in AT
RIGA Marked by Some Thrill
:rg Experiences.

A recent exploring expedition along
.he boundaries of British East Africa
killed 80 lions and had some thrilling
adventures. Capt. Maud, who was in
command. writes In the Philadelphia
Inquirer: Baird had a few days be-
fore been mauled by n lion. The brute
charged out from a patch of brush and
Baird's shot failed to stop him. The
next moment the lion had knocked
him down and was mauling him.
"Baird's fox terrier James, which had
hitherto had a well-merited reputation
for discretion, performed prodigles Of
gclor and positively found his way into
the lions mouth. But he was not of
his majesty's taste, and was elected,
strangely enough. with little hurt.
Meanwhile Baird's two shikaris be-
haved sp~lendidly. One caught the lion
BY the tail and pulled. while the other
very coolly shot him through the
heart. Baird had several wounds. some
Of them deep. but the miracle of his
escape as we'll as that of James was
explained when 1t was seen that the
lions jaw had been broken by Baird's
first shot
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-08-08
Our Attitude ON contraband.

WASHINGTON. Aug. S.-The state
ment has been made in high official
circles that contrary to the reports from
abroad the United States has not been
sounding the Europeans governments
with a view to ascertaIning their views
of what should be considered contra
band in the present struggle between
Russia and Japan. This government
Is determining for itself what classes
of merchandise 1t considers contraband
without suggestions from any other
power, and when u decision has been
reached its attitude on the subject will
be made public.