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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-08

VHE outpost defenders keep out
the bad and let in the good
u such are the Porters, or
gate keepers.
AS a surname, Porter dates back to
Ralph, son of William de la Grande,
one Of the knights Of the Norman
army. Ralph became grand porteur"
to Henry l., hence the name. PORTER,
Porteous and Porteus are the other
forms. Kenilworth was the home of
Ralph, the great porter.
One branch Of the family traces its
line back to Dermot Mac Murough,
the last king of Leinster, 1914, and
the great-grandson of Diar1naid, the
I77th monarch of all Ireland The
line comes through Princess Eva Mac
Murough, who married Richard de
Clare, the Strong Bow"
William Porter was sergeant-at-
arms to Henry VII, and Endynlion
Porter was groom of the bedchamber
to Charles |. Although his salary was
only $500, Endyhion had perquisites
the kings cast off clothing, per-
haps-for we read of his giving away
one Of Charles old coats, and a hat,
feather and ruff.
Endymion was on friendly terms
with many great painters-Rubens
among the number-and helped to
form Charles rs great collection Of
pictures. One Of his sons was vice
chancellor of the household Of James
II.
Sir Robert Ker Porter was distin-
guished as an artist, statesman and
soldier. His sister, Jane, is known
to fame as the author of that old
favorite "Thaddeus of Warsaw"
The family were early settlers in
the new world. John Porter and wife
came over from England with their
eleven sons and daughters a few
years after the arrival Of the May
flower, and settled i'll Massachusetts,
and Robert Porter came from ireland
in 1920.
The Porters were prominent in
Colonial affairs, and foremost in serv-
ice in time of war One of the bravest
and best of the Revolutionary officers
was General Moses Porter. General
Andrew Porter was another patriot,
who, owing to his Wife's industry, was
regarded as quite Beau Brumrnel
Porter, how does it happen that
you look so genteel?" General Knox
once asked him, when the rest Of Us
are in rags and you are receiving no
better pay than we?''
"You must ask my wife" was Gen
eral Porter's reply. Il thought this
coat had seen its best days, but she
took it home, turned it inside out, and
now it is as good as new"
When the army was at Valley
Forge Mrs. Porter often went to visit
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-08
IN ONT forget to come to din
ner tonight, old fellow,
- and be sure you come
ear1v"

ner tonight, old fellow,
- and be sure you come
early"
These were the parting words of a
friendly British naval officer as l,
stepped down the gangway of the
cruiser Tribune" one morning in
February of last year to row back to
the blockaded port of La Guayra,
where | was staying in the capacity
of war correspondent of an American
newspaper. The Tribune" was one
of the large fleet of British, German
and Italian warships then blockading
the coasts of Venezuela because
President Castro had declined to pay
his debts.
/ was busy all day interviewing al
caldes and projects and commentaries
and other gorgeously uniformed
Venezuelan officials, and so was oblig-
ed to neglect the injunction to come
early" | naturally regarded it as the
polite phrase which usually accom-
panies verbal invitation. My friend,
TIC OlllCSls AdO not uldQS " ClCdI ludL
my life might hang upon it.
Soon after sunset | started for the
Tribune" in a rowboat, with two
Venezuelan boatmen and my inter
prefer, a Demeraran mulatto. We
soon found that we had difficult and
dangerous task before US.
Instead of dying down at dusk. as
usual, the trade wind had developed
into stiff gale, punctuated now and
then by tearing rain squalls, which
lashed the crests of the waves into a
lather Of foam and half filled our
boat with water My Venezuelan
rowers toiled at their oars like heroes,
but made little Roadway, for tide and
wind were dead against them. 1t
seemed impossible that so small a
boat could live FIVE minutes in so
heavy sea. Again and again giant
combers rolled down upon US and
hung, poised in the air, twenty feet
above our little craft. Tt seemed ages
before we climbed. slowy and pain
fully, up their green sides and rode
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-08
The Bravery of
Elenka Spasova
a Macedonian Widow

"a famous insurgent chief, Jorge
Radonoff, had been taken prisoner,
and was confined in the local prison in
Bansko. Elenka Spasova, a widow,
lived in house adjoining the prison.
She conceived the idea of liberating
the insurgent chief, and set about it
by beginning tunnel from her cellar
to the prison. She dug at night, and
soon she could hear the tread of the
sentry above her as she worked FL
nally, she got under the prisoners cell
and signalled to him. Next day she
went to the prison through the tun-
mel to arrange for an escape that
night, when part of the tunnel caved
in, and not only cut off her escape,
but alarmed the guards
Let us make dash as they open
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-08

her husband, taking some delicacy,
or garment which she had made
for him.
On one occasion she was approach
ing the camp on horseback when she
came up with man in undress uni
form, Of whose rank she was ignorant.
He adjusted some part Of the trappings
of her horse, and complimented her
upon the appearance of the animal,
which she told him was of her own
raising. He walked slowly beside her
to camp, then saying: Il think see
your husband" left her.
well, my lady," said General
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-08
A New Method of Punishment.

The Japanese mother has discov-
cred new way Of keeping her chill
dren obedient.
81 will send you to Russia" says
the mother to her rebellious son, and
straightway he subsidies.
Or she will ask: "Are you the son
of Russians?"
mo, l am a japanese" the young
ster will protest.
Then" she will say, "act like one. "
And once more the young hopeful
"a kes the hint and is Good
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-08
Porter Fanzily's Claim to Solid Fame
RY ELEANOR FxT

BY ELEANOR LEXINGTON.
VHE outpost defenders keep out
the bad and let in the good
a. such are the Porters, or
gate keeoers
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-08

one of three that escaped. She re-
enlisted and her band again met dis
aster. All but ten were killed and
they were taken prisoners, she being
one OF them. The Turks executed her
comrades. but kept her. She made a
desperate dash for liberty one dark
night and escaped again.
She returned to Rilo Monastery, the
sole survivor Of the band with which
she had left that Bulgarian town two
weeks before. Nothing daunted, she
enlisted again, and when Mr.. Ste
phanove left Sofia last fall she had
Just returned from her third CAM
paign, but this time she had taken
part i'll a fight in which the Turks
were WOrSted.
Some Bulgarian Women
Under Arms
Through Sympathy
So strong is the sympathy of the
Bulgarian women for the condition
of their Macedonian sisters that some
of them have taken up guns Ivan
RadOulof, Macedonian now in New
York, fought with a band, one of
which was Miss Pookavecharova a
pretty Bulgarian girl. She was aft
anced to a young Macedonian in the
band. On the march the two walked
together, the others leaving them to
themselves. Thus, the couple might
be walking along of moonlight night
arm in arm, he carrying her gun, as
well as his own, and the band stretch
ed out III single file ahead of them.
Then would come the alarm, and the
lovers would spring to their places
in the firing line, their courtship COM
ing to sudden pause that they might
shoot Turks.
This couple was in frontier town
when Mr. Radouloff left Bulgaria in
February. The girl was nursing her
lover in a hospital, as he had been
wounded in a fight They are to be
married soon. and their honeymoon
will be trip to Macedonia with an
insurgent band.
Let me tell you of woman war
rior of my own town, Bansko, in the
district of Razlog," said Mr. Stephan
owe. "She is a married woman of
thirty-three, a woman of Brunhilde
physique, fair haired and blue eyed.
She scattered whole band of Turk
ish guards once, single handed, and
in open daylight. This is how it hap
pened.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-22
OtrO triunfO del
gran Echegaray
Ell PREMIO NOBEL

Telegrafian de Estoko1mo, Suecia
fecha 10, dando cuenta de la distribu-
cion de premios Nobel q personas dis
tinguidas en- diversos ramos del saber,
correspondence al af1o actual. Los
premios anuales, que en- conjunto for
man el gran premio Nobel, son cinco,
y los preniados son:-Por Ciencias
Fisicas, lord Rayleigh, professor de la
Keal Institution de Gran Bretaf1a; por
quimica, sir William Ramsey, professor
del ramo en- ell Colegio Universitario
de Londres; por Medicina Pavloff, de
la Academia Med1ca de San Peters
burgo; por Literature, al eminente
dramaturgo espaflol don jose de Eche.
garay, de la Academia Espaflola, y al
ilustre vate provenzal Federico Mis-
trial. academico correspondence ex-
tranjero de la misma; por sus esfuer-
EOS en- pro de la paz al Institute de
Ley International.
Ell premio de que Sc trata fue fun
dado por Alfred Bernhard Nobel, dis
tinguido qufmico y fisico, nacido en-
Estokolmo en- Fl de Octubre de 1888,
v fallecido en- San Reno, Italia, cl 10
de Diciembre de 1896. Nobel dej6 su
fortuna, ascendente $4,000, 900 para
la creacion del premio que lleva su
nom bre, dividido en- cinco parties, Sc
gun queda dicho, para ser ldistribu1do
anualmente en- la forma que sigue
A las personas que. durante ell aflo,
Sc hayan distinguido mas. 10, en-
Ciencias F1sicas; o, en- qufmica; ; Q
en- fisiologia medicinal 10 en- lite
ratura idealista, y So, en- pro de la
p.z universal. Parece que este afIo
no hubo quien contrajese los meritos
indispensables para optar por ell quin-
to premio, por 10 cual Sc premio a un
Institute. Suele suceder que la conf
sion distributora juzgue en- tai 6 cual
ramo a mas de una persona merece-
dora de la distinction, y el premio Sc
divide.
El honor de obtenerlo, es, a nuestro
juicio, ell mas alto galardon que pue-
de aspirar I'm ser nacido, y no es sola-
mente asunto de honra, sino tambien
de provecho, pues el gran premio Sc
divide en- cinco paltes iguales de
$40 900 cada una. Por todos concep-
tos es digno de adquisici6n.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-22
La hygiene progresa

Ell Inspector de Sanidad del Distri-
to Norte don Jose M. Saldafla, en- su
reciente viaje por aIgunos pueblos de
su distrito observe que las condolences
higienicas van en- progreso.
Merece, a su juicio, especial men
ci6n Humacao, pues la carniceria, ma
tadero carcel de distrito, deposito mu-
nicipal, puestos de leche, estableci-
mientos de comercio, etc, Sc encuen-
tran en- buen estado sanitario. Sola-
mente las panaderfas, debido a defesc
toS de construction de sus hornos, e
les escapa Ell huno y resultan sucias
de negro humo" las paredes.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-22
Extreme imperial

El marte Sc extreno en- ell Teatro
Real de Berlin la opera der Roland
Won Berlin, del maestro Leoncavallo
con exito brillante.
Llamamos imperial al extreme por-
que la opera fue Ecomquesta suges.
ti6n del Emperador Guilermo, y de el
salio la idea del argumento.
Toda la corte, inclusos Ell Empera.
dor y varios principles reinautes ale
names, asisti6 a esa representation.
De los I,446 asientos que tiene ell
teatro, 1,I46 estaban reservados para
'el .Emperador. quien dicen gasto $2s,-
900 en- la production de IA opera.
Leoncavallo fue llamado varias We.
ceS a Ia eScena.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-22
Ell "Montevideo"

Pasajeros que conduce para este
puerto ell vapor espanol "Montevideo'
procedente de Coon y escalas,
Higinio Ballares, Benjamin J. Sc
nior, Esther de Senior, Leonor Cortie
nor, Alberto ]. Senior, Enrique Senior
Josefa Arrasala, Micaela Navas, Gil
ralda Ortega, Juana Pefla. Jorge AL
varez, lYnes Sanchez, Juan de Leon
Andres Delgado, Domingo Gonzalez
Jose Cabrera. Antonio Sanchez, Julian
Dfaz,i z,iJuana Acevedo, Erneste Aceve-
do y Francisco Rasiano.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-22
ESCuela de agriculture

Bajo la direction de Mr.. Pennock
Sc abrira Ell IS del proximo Enero la
Escuela de agriculture que ha de ms
talarse en- terrenos de la Normal de
Rio Piedras.
Los estudios generates estarans a
cargo de los profeseres de la referida
Escuela Normal los especiales de
agriculture al de Mr.. Pennock.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-22
AteneO de Puerto Rico

Este culto Centro puertorriquefio ce.
lebrara el d1a 2S del corriente, Junta
general para proceder. entire otros par
ticulareS, al nombramiento de la nue.
va Directiva.
Va 10 saben los seflores socios.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-22

uS dQuCllO0 luSlSuSS, dlS uuOo
de los cuales viven todav1a, y
que nos dijeren en- miles oca-
stones, constantemente que este
pueblo nabria llegado a la pie
nitud de su cultura, de su ma
yoria de edad, de su educaCi6n
politica y quei necesitaba y re-
clamaba. por consiguiente la
plentiful de sus derechos poll
ticos, la autonomia.
mo Sc acuerdan de ESQ los
redactores del "Aguila'?
mo comprenden que 81 nos
otros quisieramos ahora, padria-
mos decirles algo que nunca he
mos dicho. pero que abonaria
mas acabadamente, nuestra opo-
sicion de entonces a la reforma
del sistema de gobierno que re-
clama, fundados en- sus apti-
tudes y sufciencia los prohom :
bres de Puerto Rico, a ombre
de toda la isla?
NO habia otro argumento de
mas poder. .Fue eli unico, fue
ell supreme. La mission que
trajo Espalla a la America. es-
taba cumplida. Puerto Rico era
un pueblo quito, un pueblo ci-
vilizado, trabajador, moral, TN
pueblo que entendia y guerra
asumir las response bilidades del
gobierno proplo.
mo Sc decia estoo
Los oraculos fueron. Los Bal
dorioty. los Cells Aguilera, los
Acosta, los Betances y los Ia
pia, los Padilla y los Mufoz
Rivera, y Barbosa tambien, SOS :
tuvieron todos que Puerto Rico
habia lIegado a la plentiful de
su cultura y de su mayor1a de
edad, y ahora nos vienen a de-
cir los satellites Y los adlateres
de aQuellos hombres insignes
que el pals ha pecdido su cul-
tura, que ha pegadO un SaltO
atras, que Sc ha embrutecido y
Sc ha degenerate, porque no
han de declrnos que ment1an los
oraculos y que ellos tambien
mentian al repetir inConscien-
tes aquel cantar de grandezas
propias; Y aunque llevaran su
irreverenCia y su abdicaci6n
hasta negar la verdad de aque-
Has manifestations, nosotrOs no
podriamos saber 81 mentian aho-
ra 9 habr1an mentido antes.
Los pueblos no degeneran en-
tan POGO tempo, no Sc embru-
tecen en- seis amos.
Ell progreso de la humanidad
es collective, es universal, age
no a las miSmas raZas. de igual
manera que ha de ser general
tambien su repression al embru-
tecimiento primitive.
Pero toca a los pueblos buscar
las fuerZas en- ST mismos, Orga :
nizar las propias, intentar y con-
Seguir las evoluciOnes con los
recursos propios, sin contar con
los auxilios extranos. porque a
veces la absorcion sc disfraza
con Ell manto de la piedad y
cuando Sc quita ia mascarilla es
fatalmente tarde para recha-
Zarla.
Los pueblos no pueden per-
der su cultura en- seis aflos,
cuandO la tuvleron tan eSplen-
dida, tan acabada. tan completa,
como 10 declaran hombres pres
tigiosos como los que hemos ci-
tado, y haciendole coro a esos
hombres. los tristes que ahora
modulan sangrantes elegias con-
ira quien no les hace case, y ST
alguna vez las escucha, es con
la sonrisa de una compassion
desdenosa, mezcla de desprecio
y de slastima.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-22
NOta del d1a


bIes V sentimos tristezas Y des-
ilusiones, inenarrables amargu-
ras, al contemplar la medrada
vision que del pals ofreCen al
gunos diarios que llevan su con-
tumacia hasta un grado verda-
deramente peligrosO.
No somos nosotros los respOn-
sables de que parte de la prensa
este en- poder de los siervos y
que no Sc ocupe mas que en- en-
tonar sangrantes elegias a la ra-
"a propia.
Leyendo, por ejemplo, "El
Aguila" de Ponce, asalta el ami
mo, que melancoliza tanta ser
vidumbre resiguada, esta pre-
Gunta de extraneza:
iSon abisinios los que escriben
csc diario?
Y ST 10 son, 8 mereCen serlo,
tpor que Sc revisten con la hon
rosa representation del pals, por
que Sc atreven a hablar q nom
bre de Puerto Rico. como os-
tentan titulos que desdoran, sin
que Sc les demanden Cuentas
estrechas2
A veces llega parecer que la
demencia ha buscado su vehicu-
10 de contagio en- el diario que
nos ocupa, que ha comenzado
por oscurecer los cerebros; de
sus propagaderes, para que no
puedan medir las cOnseCuenClaS
horrlbles de su insensata labor.
En- que fundan ese inenarra-
bic desprecio por todo 10 propio,
es cosa que no han llegado a ex-
plicar todavia. Diriase que es-
tan tocados de un insaciable de-
SEQ de adular, que no conciben
mas conducta que la de una de-
primante sumision y una peli-
grosa Condescendencia.
Precise seria, ST fuesemos a
Caer en- la in njusticia de confun-
dir la voz de I'm grupito de AGO.
litos, con la robusta y poderosa
voz de un pueblo. que fueramos
ensayando, tambien nosotros,
planentes salmOs de melancoli-
cas- palabras. para despedir a la
raza que Sc va, al pueblo que
huge, al pals suicida que renun-
cia a Ia vida que le pertenece,
cuando nadie Sc la exige, nj pue-
de preteuder one la entregue.
Pero no podemos confundir.
Bien distintamente Sc advier-
ten las voces anfractuosas, y
Comprendemos que no esta en-
la agonia de la voluntad este
pueblo, que no siente aun mas
que los primeros sintomas ma
reantes de fascination, pero que
puede sacudir Ia Influenza ex-
trala y la aguda idiopatia que
Sc le quiere contagiar.
Este descu brlmiento letihCa
el amino que melancoliza ell ex-
tranO, Ell vesamico pesimismo
de los inconsistencies admirado-
res de 10 ageno, de los insensa-
tos sonadores de ingertos hu-
manos como 81 la Historic abier-
ia de par en- par, NADIA nos di-
jera, NADIA nos eDsenara.
Cosa inane es para "El Agui-
la" todo 10 nuestro, incapaz el
pals para gobernarse por su pro-
pia cuenta, educado en- una es-
cuela propagadora de todos los
morbosismos, enfermo por las
CIRCUMSTANCES de la civiliza-
cion, de la educacion recibida,
necesita en- concepto del patrio.
tico organo de esos improvisa-
dos sacristanes y apaga-luces de
la situacion, de una saba, pru-
dente y juiciosa tutoria, por
tempo sindetinido, y al arbi-
trio de los modernisimos crea-
dorese de pueblos, de los super
hombres entrevistos en- suenos
quimericos por las imaginacio-
nes que exalta la ueurastenia.
The oasis., 1904-04-02
4 POINT WELL TAKEN.

IN the citizens meeting Wednes- day evening three weeks ago, when the resolution upholding the or dinance excluding women from the saloons was introduced, one citizen very pertinently asked. "Why are not loose women kept off the streets, at night?" He was immediately told to introduce such a resolution and it would be ac- cepted and supported by those sup porting the resolution already be- fore the house. AS he did not take a d want "a g e of the opportunity presented the gentleman probably recalled to mind that were the territorial laws against vagrancy half enforced upon the lewd women who nightly paraded Morley ave nue, plying their illicit vocation, the evil complained would cease
 It is fact that after nine o'clock at night Morley avenue was given over almost entirely to loose women and the passers could not walk rod along the pavement without jost- ling against one or more. But, as asserted above, the evil need not be permitted a moment. It IS the power of any officer to arrest for vagrancy the offensive women. and they can and should be fined when brought into justice court. The law is amply sufficient, if it only be enforced. To abate the evil does not require a town ordinance. With Jack Burns elected Town Marshal the vagrancy law will be enforced, and offensive women will disappear from the streets of Nogales.
The oasis., 1904-04-02

THE OASIS people have an ex- alted admiration for the Arizona courts as at present constituted Twice has the editor been before them-once under in d ct m n t for libel, and more recently in a civil case, mentioned last week. Suffice it to say that in both in- stances he won out. In both cases his cause was just, and he won be- cause it was right that he should do so. Yet much credit, is due the able management of his at torney, Judge w. H Barnes of Tucson who represented the editor in both cases-and the late Judge Wright, who was associated with Barnes for the defence in the libel case. By remarkable coincidence the editors victories in both cases have been severe siaps at one and the same man. Perhaps the gentle man will now have sufficient sense to q u it kicking against the bricks"
The oasis., 1904-04-02
--------------------------- WHY THE ISSUE IS MADE.

As HAS BEEN frequently main tained in these columns the time has passed when Nogales was a rude frontier town, with the great majority of it's population floating, without home ties or families that needed protection from sinister in- fiuences. When the town was of that description it made little diff ference whether 1t was a wide open" town or not. When THE OASIS was established in Nogales there were few families here, and very few growing children to be contaminated by bad examples and influences. It made but little difference whether the ears of pass
 CTS along Moreley avenue were saluted by the rlbaldry so ire quently indulged in by some saloon women-for there were ex
 captions. But in the growth since attained it does make a difference
 There are now many families in Nogales and hundreds of growing children, where in former years they could be counted by tens. Nogales has become a town of homes, schools and churches. The people who are rearing families among us have right to be con sidered when 1t comes to moral issues. In response to a demand from those people the present town government granted the protection they desired by excluding women from the saloons. It was decreed by ordinance regularly adopted that gentlewomen, young girls and growing boys having to pass along Moreley avenue at evening should not be subject to the sounds and sights experienced with women in the saloons along the street. Many father has been asked by son or daughter "why they could not 20 in side and hear the lady singW and they could not give a true answer. And there have occurred upon the floor of at least one
The oasis., 1904-04-02

saloon indecent dances which no young boy should witness, but yet which were witnessed by many boys. It was such situations thct effected adoption of the ordinance of exclusion. Very likely those advocating exclusion did not need it themselves. But they did it for their wives, sons and daughters. And they demanded it and got it. And they will not give it up with out struggle. Nor will they per- init it to be forfeited by failing to continue to demand exclusion. These are the reasons why exclus- ion is made an issue in this campaign.
The oasis., 1904-04-02
AuV oSSohN p"it VI e'S r gramme will present the 'Wond ful Snong Cap Sisters" viz:
Custom House sI.nks.

THE OASIS office has printed and keeps on hand for sale to importers the following described United States custom house blanks:
 Manifest of Goods in Boat of Less Than Five Tons, Car or Other Vehicle" Ai'nr Entry for Immediate Consuhp. tion." 7an,
 Application, Under Oath, to Enter Goods Without Certified h. voice." e's"'af'.rt
 Manifest of Merchandise Trans ported in Bond" si ft7c
 All these blanks have received approval by the United States cus- toms house authorities, and are warranted correct. ~ *
The oasis., 1904-04-02

MORALES people and travelling men who have recently visited Douglas report that town is very dull, with business more stagnant than in Nogales. Yet Douglas is a wide open town, with women in any of the saloons which wish to employ them. Why don't they make busi- ness good in Douglas, as has heen so frequently claimed they will in Nogales if the exclusion be re- moved?