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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-14

WOODBRIDGE
OFFERS TO HOMESEEKERS.
City streets. City lights.
City parking City water
Police protection, Fire protection.
High and healthy location on Rhode Island ave.
extended.
Lots, $400 up. Easy terms.
JOHN NJ HENDERSON,
ap9-26ts I4lS F ST. NV
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-01
F. Naranjo

Cirujauo Dantista. Ofrece sus SER
vicios profesionales Il Luna l.. San
Juan P. R. alt
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-01
Noti(idS generates

OBITUAEIo: Ha fallecido en- esta ciu-
dad. ell subdito espanol don Ponciano
lord IN, persona muy estimada, que ha'
cia muchos amos que residla en- Caguas
Reciban sus deudos nuestrO mas sentidO
pesame
VIoLACIoN: En- ell barrio eCercadi
llo> do la Jurisdiction de Cayey fue de-
tenido por Ell poicia insular DamasO
Aponte ell individuo Pedro G nzalez,
Que viol0 a la nina Bonita RosadO de
i3 amos de edad infiriendOle fuertes con
tusiOnes. Ha sido puesto a disposition
del Juez de Paz de Cayey.
DEsAsTRosO: Ha resultadO desastro'
20 ell ultimo eXAmen que SO verified para
prOfesOres rurales a cOnsecuencla de
oresentarse en- ell nihos que cursaban
tercero y cuarto grado en- las escuelas
publicas
INDULTADo: Ell GobernadOr de Puer'
to Rico ha indultadO de la pena de II
amos un dia que le fUe impuesta pOr
Ia COrte de DistritO de MayagleZ Nj
coIas Geronimo CardOrO pOr el delito de
shomi 3idio
NoMBRAMIENTo: Ha sido nOmbradO
Agente d, Rentas Internas en- Lares, don
Manuel Costa.
PRESIDE: Han fugresadO en- dichO
establecmiento Jose Irlzsrry Moret, 81 :
neon Reyes, alejandro Cosme y Euge
Mo Galindez, los dos primerOs por ho'
micidio y rs dos ulumos por hurto de
mayor cuantla.
MANICoMIo: So ha ordenado la sa
Ida del Manicomio de las alienadas Gu
radas, Mouserrate Ramos ROsadO Val
vanera de- la Rosa de los lndlylduns
I.iiro Colon Jose B1nvina.
EMULSION: La Emulsion de Scott da
al ORGANISING elementos preciosos de
reparacion Asi 10 racon0ce el doctor
Ordonpz. cuyo testimonio reproducimos
a continuation.
D)u Jose -donez Y Gomez Medico
Cirujano IL la Racultad de Madrid,
Certfico Ga an los va muchos
amos que he venido dsdicado la pr
tica de la profession meiica. he ussdo
con frecuencia la Emulsion de Scott,
de aceite de higado de bacalao con hi
pofo@fitos de cal sosa. preparada por
los senores Scott * Bowna. quedando
satisfscho de sus resultados, por ser
preparation que <anmascara el desa'
gradable sab0r del aceite de hlgafo de
bacalao,, haciendolo tolerable al estoma-
go. sienio al propio tempo asimilable.
<dand0 elemsntOs preciosos d. repara
ci6n al organismo
Y para que conste d0nda cOnvenga
expids la presente certiCcacion 90 Sau
Juan de Puerto Rico. a E de Mayo. 1894.
JosE oRDoSEz.
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Ed t.nto que los 6rgancs del .par.i-
do pseudo republican,, etribuyendose
glorias que no poseen, hablan del eata-
do de prosperidad que alcanzs Is lsia
grscias sns gestiones merced So
Dolftica. IN norte-americano, Mr.. Adolf
phe Danziper, Consul de los Estados
Unidos en- Madrid. hs hecho al senior
Perez Morris las siguientes declsraclo-
nes. pocos dfas antes de sailr este para
Puerto Rico.
V6ase ell contr ste
-sSf. serfa in6til-manifest6 dicho
fupcionario-y sobre in1til POGO since
ro. neoard ell estado presente de Puer-
to Rico es ruinoso. A mi me consta blen
que. lfios de Drogresar econ6mlcsmente,
Ia retrocedido mucho en- ell camlnc de
prosperldad riqueza que recorrla Guam
do pertenecfa a EspafIs.1
lQu6 oponen Z este los compatrloI-
tas que, guiados por convenienclas De
caracter personalisimo egolsta, hacen
coro Ia mentira OicialI
A obieciones Y reparos del senior
Perez Morris acerca del porvenlr haia-
pijano de nuestrs isla de las promesas
mas de ana yez reiteradas sobre su me-
ioramiento adelsnto, repuso el senor
Consul:
-<Puerto Rico tiene que moverse,
tiene que agitar la opinion pdblicss en-
los Estados Unidos, tiene que quelarse
Y iustificar sus queias, y dentro de 80
constitution poftica actual, mucho pue
de hacer interiormente por la buena
modesto reorganizaci6n de go hacienda
por ell empIeo razonado de sus lngreso'
Y por la evitacion Y extirpscion de tod'
p6nero de abusos 6 injusticias: -.
ri estado de miseria de Puerto Ri
co-a6adi6-sha sido conocido con VI
retraso IamentabIe, han faltsdo segu
ramente inform lcianes ofcisles, repetI-
das cuantas veces hubiera sido menesteer
por parte del pals periudicsdo.. No
Puerto Rico no he exoresado blen 81
malestar, Y, 81 he de ser franco, dire qu
todavf4 no 10 ha sabido expresar.'
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-01
(OmiSi0n dc pOIi(l0

En- la ultima session celebrada por la
Comisi6u de la Policia Insular, SO toma
ron los siguientes acuerdos: 10 SO sepa
rarOn honrosa mente los guardias Luis
Garcia y Ramon Martinez Reyes, por
defectOs fisicOs.
60 Ell guardia Francisco Martinez.
v0lver& al servicio y SO le abonara su
sueldo desde la suspension.
80 Sc revOcarA ell nombramientO
del guarGia EmilianO Martinez.
- Sc nom nraran guardias por ell
t6rmino de dos amos, Juan ROig LoyOla,
de Mauati, Antonio Rodriguez Sua
reg, de Santurce.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-01
La Marina espdnOld

eEl Ministro de Marina, General Fe-
rrandis, sc propone someter q lar Cor
tes espa6olas apenas comiencen sus Sc
siones ell proyecto de reformas navales
del actual ministerio que comprende la
Immediate construction de cuatro cruce-
ros, cuarenta barcos auxiliares y la reor-
ganizsci6n com pleta de servicto.
En- ell proyecto que Ia aprobaci6n
de las Cortes se somete, Sc cOnsagra es-
pecialfsima atenci6n los Arcensles de
Ferror, C5diz Cartagena.
Ell presupuesto que ell Ministerio
presents para esta apremiante necesidad
asciende & sesenta milones de pesos. de
los cuaIes Sc dedicaran diez seis Milo
nes los arsenales.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-01
De VEGA ALTA
f4EgH ID

En- Ia noche del "a del actual Sc We
rific6 IN bale de confanza en- la morads
dol comerciante don Crisanto Guzman.
La fiesta sc prolong6 hasta la madruga-
da del 25, no decayen1o la anlmaclon.
Las sefioritas muy bien arregladss los
i6venes obsequisdos, circulando los dull
ces refrescos entire todos. Els de de-
searse que cuanto antes teng& ingar otro,
va cue Sc aproxima Ia cuaresma hay
que observarla.
Los sefiores Keller Comp. 81
puen almacenando frutas para la expor-
taci6n. En- Is msflana del 70 Sc lleVa-
ron de aduf Ia Estaci6n de Vega Bala
bastantes Ca Jas con chlnas para So en-
baroue por San Juan New York De
esperarse es que 0btengan buen preclo'
por ser aquellas ue excelente clsse.
Ell estado san;tario &c la demar-
caci6n contin1a siendo bueno.
Ell joven Eugenio Vazquez, vecl-
no de esta locAldad, y empleado en- la
zafra de la hacienda sCarmen>, tuyo la
desqracia de que un wagon cargado de
.emillss de cana con una rUeda le msgu-
A4arA un pie.
-Es conveniente que sc reDaj ara
ell porte de los certificsdos. Anterior
mente era ds cinco centavos de la mo-
media antigua hoy sen dc diez centa-
Yos orc.
-En Ia semana anterior no Sc veri-
fic6 la conferences ! ? costumbre en- Ell
TemDlo de los Proteo .aDtes.
-Tiempo: Va III jorando' sunque
4 cada momento esta e horizonte muy
recargado de nubes.
Ell apreciable vecno don Rafaei
Escale1a. sc encuentra enfermo de gra
vedad Deseamos que cuanto antes re-
cupere 81 salud.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-01
TesOreria

Los Colectores y Sub colectores del
primer Distrito, han remitido las cuen
tss de iDgresos por contribuciones cobra
das sellos vendidos dursnte ell mes. y
los pedidos de sellos para ell proximo
mes d. Febrero.
Sc han satisfecho dos multss de 10
Y 5 pesos por dos comercisntes de Vega
baia, Que infringeron las ieyes de rem
tas internas.
FL Collector de Ponce, ha devuelto
5 documentos de embargos levan tados y
otros Colectores solcitan autorizscl6n
para embargar varias fncas.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-01
Sc auSentan

Nuestros estimados amigos los Sres.
don Enrique Lopez, Francisco Vals y
Francisco Davila, activos empl eados que
trabajaban en- la carretera de San Lo
renzo Caguas SO ausentan para BARGE
loneta. dejando aqui muchas y profun
das simpatias.
Tambien SO marcia para esta ultima
pOblacion la dintinguida sonora Sara
BuZ6 de LENA.
todos dessamos uu feliz viaje V
cratasimpresiones reiterandoles nuestro
sincere afectO.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-01
instruction pGbIi(d

Doscientas cuarenta y siete persona as
solicitaron examinarse para maestros
rurales.
Doscieatos treinta y ochO SO exaini'
paron y han resultado Is aprobados, Q
sea ell u por 100 de los examinados-
Los aprObados fuerOn:
Ramon JAner MARQUEE, San Juan;
Miguel Chiques, idem; Eloisa Sierra.
idem: Rosa Maria Alkay, idem; Ganaro
Conception, F&jardo; Antonio Gonzalez
Lama. HumacaO; Mo1esta Vidal Colon,
Cagua Juan Cuebas Cabassa, Ponce;
Maria dc los Santos Fabrani, Yauco;
Felix Arce Lugo, San German; E iuardo
Alvarez Pab6n, idem; Edith POrrata D.
ria. dem; Mario M. Gaya, Mavaguez;
Hortensia RubiO Cuebas, idem: Francis
co Acevedo, Aguadilla; Sofia B9cerra
Colon, Arecibo; Manuel AcevedO, idem;
Aurelia Brown de Sake, Vieques.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-01
A DIESTRO Y SINIESTRO

;Ou6 80 necesita para clio, agrega-
mos nosotros2
Que todos los puertorriquenos de
h,ans voIunt.d. amantes del terruno.
deseosos de remedisr sus necesidades y.
conseguir sus legftimas aspirAciones, con
varaadero espiritu patri6ticos, nos una
mos Dor ell bien para ell bien de los
nativos lares. deponiendo enconos pre-
iuicios de secta de banderfa.
Nuestra voz no ha sido oida; no
ha sido oida porque entire nosotros y Ia
metr6poli Sc han interpuesto con gus
falsos informes, hechos al caprlcho al
pusto de ellos, los Gobiernos de Mr.
Allen Mr.. Hunt,
qe1e Is pintGr como Q~erer.
Necesftase una acc6n comm Y una
mime: necesftase que todos los hlJos de
esta TERRA desventur&da nos unsmos con
un solo objeto, cual es ell de defender
nuestros derechos Y nuostros lntereses'
Para fines economicos sc asoclan
aoricultores Y comerciantes 5por que no
| hemos de ssociarnos tsmbien todos los
puertorriquenos, no va solo para hnes
econ6mcos sino polfticos soclalesE.
Sc obstinara la perfdia por GUAM
tos medios -lfcitos no lfcitos-haiie a
. su alcance, en- OD3CacuilZar Cohoa.ii
esa tendencia en- que estriba la salvaclon
del pals; pero no hay que destaliecer III
echarse atras en- esta nueva lucha que
comenzamos.
Cuanto mas altos grandes son los
empefIos, mayor suma de energ!a oe @c-
tividad de constancla Sc preclsa para
sscarlos triunfantes, maxine cuando Sc
atrayiesan de por medic convencionsiis-
mos falacias, intereses bastardos ape
titos concupiscentes.
La verdad debe abrirse paso.
Hora es va de que nuestros adver'
sarios reaccionen Sc den cuenta exacts
de Ia situaci6n de nuestra pobre terra
sin dejarse engs1ar por Ia vana palaore
ria de unos cuantos ambiciosos de baJf
vuelo, avidos de medrar y buliir' sir
atender 4 otra cosa que sus propls!
satisfacciones.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-01
EEL RECREO"

Este c0ncurrido bian montado as
tablecimiento de cafe. situsdo frente
la'plaza en- la Gale ds Ruiz balvis. puede
decirse q es de los m sjores aqui est sole
cidos El ssrvicio es esmeradisimo y
existe ma sala especial muy bisn aeon
dicionada, para senoras Y senoritas, asi
como un magnifico restaurant cargo
de nuestro amigo don Eduardo Rodri :
guoZ.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-01

Para curar uu resfrlado err un dia
tome las PASTILLAS LAXANTES DE
BROMO QUININA. FL botic ario le de-
vOlverA ell dinero 81 no 80 cura. La fir
ma de E. w. GROVE "a halIa en- cade
cajita.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-01
HOmenaje dc bienyenlda
AL SR. NUN0z RIVERA
Hato-nuevo, Rio piedras, Enero 26.

Hsto-nuevo, Rio -piedras, Enero 20
Cuando perdida la esperanza de YER
rodimida nuestr. desventursds PaSria,
cuando casi agotsds nuestra energia en-
una lucha esteril, pero noble patriotl--
ca por nuestra parte, vemos arrlbar
las playas de su queridA Borinquen, al
paisano insigne, nuestro espiritu Sc con-
forta, renace potente nuestra fe v surge
radiAnte en- nuestro cerebro. cusl IN lu-
minoso foco de luz, ls hermosa idea de
cue a1n nuestro Puerto Rico sc saliva.
Iguai idea concebimos y que mas
tarde se convirtio en- hermoss reAlidad,
en- su regreso de Ia anterior Metr6poli
en- 1897
Sslud, don Luis, que ell Todopo-
deroso le ayude en- gu obra patri6tlca.
Silverio Castrillo. Ignacio Lizardi
Flores.
GuAyama Enero 2s. Felicitamosle
nor fsIiz arribo a esta desg racisda isla.
Antonio Calimano, Pascual Delga-
do, Julio Ponales, FAbricisno Lebron
Rivera, Francisco Lebr6n y Rivera,
Fstef4nia Herp6n. Felfcita Lebr6n de
Carols, f. Vidal Colon, Vidal de Jesus
PI6cido Lodis, Pedro Lopez. Antonio
Gutierrez, Manuel r. Vidueyro, rue
20 de Simon Vega, Antonio Cahmano.
-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-01
La ialdna de anO(he

Muy animada result6 la jarana que
anoche Sc celebr6 en- los salones del
<Uni6n Club,
Los j6venes organzadores deben
estar satisfechos, como satl3fecha sslio
la concurrencia, que paso alli horas ver-
daderamente agrsdables.
Para ell pr6ximo domingo Sc orga-
MIA ell baile con que la DIRECTIVE celebra
todos los amos ell dia de la Inauguration
del Centric.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-01
T alIabOa
Enero 25 de 1904.
Sr Director de LA DEMoCRACIA.
CaQuss.
Muy senior nuestro:

Muy senior nuestro:
Con motive del feliz regreso del in
corruptible patricia senior Mufoz RIve-
rs s su querida cusnto desgrsciada Bo-
rinquen, nos permitimos suplicar a Vd-
se sirva felicitar en- nuestro nombre por
medic de su ilustrsdo peri6dico, hacien-
do votos porque yea coronados los de-
secs que lie amman en- beneficio de nues-
ira patria.
Anticipamosle Vd. sefor Director
las mas expresivss graciss por ell servi-
clio nos suscribimos con Ia considers
ci6n mas distinguida affcmos. s.. 9.
Antonio NJ. Disz, Jose Acosts, uan
Fernando. Juan Gonzslez. francisco
Disz, jose A Feliciano, Luis L,boy
Adoifo Bauzs, Antonio NJ Castelar,,
Luis A Soldavils, Luis Soldevila Costas,
Jose PERI Acosta, Francisco Soldeyila
Principe, Alfredo Soldevila Principe,
Juan de Dios Santiago, Carlos Frances
chi Velazquez, Juan Laas Acosta, He
raclio Costas y Diaz.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-01

Csguas 20. A nuestro auerido 1ea-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-01

der compatriota don Luis Mufloz XII
vera Ie felicitamos por su feliz arrlbo a
estas playas nativas.
Nilos de escuela de Csguas. Julia
Rivera. Ceciiio Vazquez, Angela Boada,
Juana Rivera, Carlos Rivera, Maria Boa
da. Isabel Rivera, Proba Alvarez, Jeshs
Boada, Carmen Boads, Tula Bracero.
Cayey. Enero 26. Con mi saludo
de bienyenida, reciba usted Ia seguridad
de mi inquebrantable adhesion.
Aquiles Colon.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-01

LA BORINQUEN. De Targas y C
No olvidar que esta casa es la que mas
baretO vende y que constantenante In
trOduce nuevas mercancias articulos
de alta moved ad Vista nace Ia
Holbrook argus., 1904-06-04
A Slight Complication.

A gentleman and his wife were sit- ting in one of the front rows in a theater. On the floor the man saw large hat-pin with an amber head. The Chicago News tells what he did with it.
 Looking about him, he saw that two women and their escorts had just sat down. To one of the women he pre- sented the pin. A shake of the head indicated that he had made mistake.
 Then he tried two ladies across the Aisle. They seemed to be interested. The pin was a curiosity, and its am- Der of unique carving. They hesi- tated, but handed the pin back.
 Desperately, he began the search anew. Two ladies unattended seemed Vkely owners. To them also he show cd the pin. They took 1t and enjoyed its pattern.
 Just then the man felt tug on his sleeve. It was his wife, and she re- marked, "Why are you showing my hat-pin to strangers?"
 Flushing, he went over to the ladies, who were still looking at the pin, and explained.
 "It's my wife's hat-pin," he said, but in such consciously guilty accents that the women handed it back with doubt ing smiles.
Holbrook argus., 1904-06-04
APHORIsMs.

A good man does good merely by 'iving-Bulwer.
 Many good purposes and intentions lie in the churchyard.-Philip Henry.
 There is not joy the world can give like that 1t takes away.-Byron.
 Tenderness is wisdom; there is none in life but needs 1t and may learn.- L. Bailey.
 One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid.-Pub- Illus Syrus.
 What men want is not talent, but purpose; in other words, not the power to achieve, but the will to labor Bulwer.
 An inquisitive man is a creature nat urally very vacant of thought itself, and therefore forced to apply to for. eign assistance.-Steele.
Holbrook argus., 1904-06-04
FROM NEW BOOKS.

A mans conscieice Is the best ba. fometer of his ability.-Owen Kildare In My Mamie Rose"
 Juge the future bi the past, but when you hay past you ain't got much fu- ture.-Wilbur Dick Nesbit in Little Henry's Slate."
 Women's counsel may not be worth much, but he who despiseth 1t is not wiser than he should be.-Amelia D. Barr in ''The Black Shilling"
 Life is the only real counselor. Wis dom unflltered through personal expe- rience does not become a part of the mortal tissues.-Edith Wharton in Sanctuary"
 It is not often that youth allows 1t. elf to feel undividedly happy; the sen. sation is too much the result of SC. lection and elimination to be within reach of the awakening clutch of life. Edith Wharton in Sanctuary"
 A strenuous sense of justice is the most disturbing of all virtues, and those persons in whom 1t predominates are usually as disagreeable as they are good. For myself. would rather be layman with few active virtues and a small sin or two than sternly just saint without fault.-Charles Major in "A Forest Hearth"
Holbrook argus., 1904-06-04
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Manchuria has population of g.. 100000.
 Five hundred earthquakes shock the Japanese every year.
 The engines of flrst-class man.of. war cost about $7O0,0O0.
 Parisians smoke cigarettes made of the leaves of the coffee plant.
 Austrian law permits boys and girls to marry at the age of fourteen.
 To crush half-inch cube of granite requires a weight of eleven tons.
 In the past forty years 100000 persons have emigrated from Ireland.
 Japan is so mountainous that but one-sixth of Its area can be cultvat- ed.
 The murders in the United States in 1903 numbered S,076; the lynchings. lO4.
 The ice consumed in Great Britain comes almost exclusively from Nor. way.
 The sunken variag was the fastest vessel in the world of her 0,0OO-ton) class.
 Of the seven presidents, France has had only one who mas served a full term.
 A syndicate Is about to open ex- tensive coal areas under the sea near Halifax.
 In Japanese the word "Mikasa" in- dicates @ war ship and "Maru" ship of commerce.
 All new schools in Switzerland have a portion of the ground floor appro- priated for baths.
 Switzerland buys from the United States in year but $2OO,OOO, while selling us $21,OO0,OOO.
 The burden of pensions has shrunk in ten years from SPA to S1.32 per $1,O00 of taxable wealth.
 The number of suicides ir city is in direct proportion to the number of its German inhabitants.
 The maximum train load on the Trans-Siberian Railway is 800 tons; In America, 2,5OO net tons.
 Articles admitted to the United States free of duty make up 45 per cent in value of our imports.
 The mortality from consumption in German cities is now but four. sevenths that of twenty-five years ago.
Holbrook argus., 1904-06-04
Inherited.

! "I would never think" said Reggie Packinham, "of going in to dinner without wearing evening clothes"
 "That's good" said his uncle on his mothers side. Don't ever wear out your mornin' clos when you can save lem as well as not. I remember how your pa used to lay his chaw of to- bacco on the window sill when he went to eat, so as not to waste it. There was a man that was always get tin everything out of thing there was in it. It was that disposition thet kept him from ever bein' satisfied till he'd got the business down so the only thing about steer that went to waste in his establishment was the grunt the critter gave when they hit him with an ax. guess you must git your habit of wantin' to do things right from him"
Holbrook argus., 1904-06-04
Growing Stock by Electricity.

The possibilities of electricity have never yet been fully demonstrated Its beneficial effect upon growing plants in the way of hastening development, has been proved to an extent, and now The mysterious fluid is being tried or animals at the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. It has been demon strated that rabbits enclosed in pen ebout which run number of cleo
 rically-charged wires reach maturity in two-thirds the time taken by those Kept under normal conditions. The electrically-treated animals were in all respects healthy and their flesh has been found to be unusually tender. It is thought possible that the same treat ment may be applied to beef cattle, making a 2-year-old steer as large as one years old under present condi tons, besides producing a superior quality of beef.
Holbrook argus., 1904-06-04
TRICKS OF "CHAMPION FAINTER
One of His Most Successful Was to Faint
 In Presence of N edding Party.

One of His Most Succcs .ful Was to Faint In Presence of N edding Party.
 A fraud on a lady has just come to light on the details of which much time and care must have been expend- ed, and yet the profits amounted only to shillings.
 A man, who described himself as Q ships mechanic. called on the lady at her residence at Putney. He displayed most intimate knowledge of the fam fly, and stated that two letters had been found in a berth on German liner addressed to her two brothers, who were in Australia. He said that he had been to the London office of these gentlemen, the addresses of whom he mentioned, and added that he had been told to call on her, as a telegram had come asking for the let ters to be forwarded at once.
 He said that the third mate of the liner had the letters, and gave the lady an address in Hamburg to write to. He added that his expenses had been 8 shillings, which the lady gave him, promising to communicate with him later. Inquiries afterward proved that there was no such third mate and no such liner.
 It is perhaps due to universal edu- cation that frauds of this nature are increasing, as opposed to crimes of vio- lence. There is one man, for example, known as the champion fainter" He never asks for money; he merely faints on your doorstep. He is almost in. variably taken in and given good meal, and in many cases money is pressed upon him.
 One of his feats was to faint outside a house in which wedding party was assembled. He was tenderly looked after. was given champagne, and wished the newly married pair good luck in a neat speech.
 A man who lived on his wits noticed that lamps were being used in house, while all the others in the row were burning gas. He deduced that some. thing had gone wrong with the meter, and called early next morning "from the company" Under his directions the family distributed themselves in the various rooms, ready to apply matches to the burners at a signal, while he stood at the meter.
 Experiment after experiment ended n failure, and the family were moved from room to room, while the "gas man" made the most of his opportuni. ties. He eventually left with q good haul, and instructions to wait until he sent the workmen.--Londou Mail.
Holbrook argus., 1904-06-04
Inevitable Cigarette.

''I can give you two seats in the front row of the parquet," said the man in the box office.
 "Let's see," said the man, "the plays melodrama with the usual pol ished villain, isn't it?"
 "Yes."
 'Better give me something back in the parquet circle. My wife can't stand cigarette smoke." - Chicago Press.