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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-12-18
COmerciO exterior de
los Estados UnidOs

Ell rapido progreso y enorme au.
mento del comercio exterior de los
Estado Unidos durante los liltimos
veinte anus, es uno de los mas nota.
bles en- la historic del mundo. Hay
muchas rasones para clio:
l" La ferfilidad del terreno virgen
ha producido mas de 10 que puede exi.
CIR nuestra poblacion, cuyos abaste-
cimientos han obtenido precios venta
josos al ser remesados los prol1ficos
mlllones de habitantes de Europa.
2 Las perfecionad as. condolences y
mejores salaries pagados los obreros
especialmente por su habil y experta la
Dor, han trafdo los mejores mas en-
prenderes mecanices y operarios de
Europa para permanecer en- ell pals
coma ciudadanos contentos y felices.
3 % La habilidad de este modo i'm.
portada, ha dado gran impulse a las
invenciones bajo nuevas condolences y
ha hecho famoso por todo ell mundo al
mecanico Americana, estando conside
raoas las invencioneS americanas como
ell colmo de la perfection, y tan es asi
que han sido ell asom bro admir- aci6n
del mundo.
a" Ell espiritu de genio en- mecanica
asi desarrollados, ha dado por resulta
do la production en- gran abundancia
de maquinaria que ahorra trabajo al
agriculter y otros ramos tai perfec,
cion en- la manufa ctura de mere ancia S
que permte competir con ell mundo
entero.
Por los tiltimos informes del depar-
tamento de Comercio y Trabajo en-
Washington, Sc ha calculado que Ell
comercio exterior de los Estados Uni.
dos durante ell afio Official pasara del
million de millones.
Durente los nueves meses termina-
dos en- Septiembre las importaciones
de materiales para uso en- las manu-
factura sumaron cuatrocientos veinti.
dos millones y las exportaciones de
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-12-18
FL jueSO de football

Ell sAbado IS del pasado termino
practicamente por este afio la tempo
rada del football" en- los Estados Uni
dos con la partida que jugaron en-
Boston los campeones de la Universi-
dad de Harvard con los de la de Yale.
Resultando, Yale 6 puntos; Har
ward, O.
Puede que la memoria nos falte; pc
70 no recordamos que Harvard haya
ganado una partida en- football" +,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-12-18

"baseball', reno, nj eiercicio atletico
de nipguna clase 4 universidad 6 cole
gio de alglin credito. -------.
Al Presidente Roosevelt, que curse
en- Harvard. esras derrotas de su al
ma mater" le causan sensation tan
dulce simpatlca como ell CougresO
cuando desoye sus instancias para au-
mentar el ejercito y Ia armada.
ESQ plea en- historic esta malventura
de Harvard, persistente, inmutable,
como ley de Natura, y a pesar nuestro
nos lrae la menoria una reminiS
cencia de hace mas de veinte af1os.
tue haber lefdo en- su periodico que
entire los estudiantes de Harvard Sc
fumaba mucho opio.
No hubo bajas que lamentar en- la
partida Harvard Yale, pero 81 en- otras
que Sc jugaron ell mismo dia en- diver
SOS lugares.
En Nueva York. jugando los "on-
ce" de la Universidad del mismo nom-
bre con los del Union College, Harold
Moore, del Union, y Hayden. de los
contrarios, Sc encontraron con tanta
fuerza que los dos cayeron. Moore
expire POGO despues en- ell Hospital de
Fordham. Hayden lie hablan hundido
la tabla del pecho de TN cabezazo. sin
mas novedad por su parte que estar
I'm ratio sin sentido.
En- Bellmore, Indiana. jugando los
campeones de dos escuelas nornlales,
Carl Osborne tai testarada lie dierOn
en- el costado izqulerdo que le metie
ron uua Costilla por el corazon. De
ALI lie llevaron muerto.
En- un encuentro entire dos clubs, en-
Sedalia. Missouri. Robert Brown Sc
10 llevaron paralftico para su casa,
donde murio sin recobrar el habla.
En- Dttroit Michigan. jugaron la
Escuela Universitaria Escuela Nor
NAL Central Percy Dumphy, de la
Universitaria salio con la pierna de-
recha rota por encjma del tobillo.
La lista de las bajas en- la tempora :
da fue de 1o muertos. 1877 heridos y
contusos graves. muchos de ellos con
carActeres de permanencia, y algunos
500 cuyas lastimaduras fueron leves
Por supuesto, este solo comprende a
universidades colegios de nombra
d1a.
Entire los contusos merece especial
mencion Teodorito Roose velt. hiJo del
Pres;dente, que tambien estudis en-
Harvard. Al muchacho. que es vivlto
(tiene a quien parecerse), trataban de
hacerle "capitan" en- su clase, pero
hace POGO salio de ~un encuentro de
! .'foothall" con la nariz diSlocada Y
dando muchisimas gracias a Dos por.
que salio con nariz en- cualquier for
ma. Hubo que operarle. y como su
padre le amoaesto, no two efecto por
ahora ell nombramiento de ''capitan. "
Sc ha citado conferencia de rec
torres de universidad para discurrir
soDre la posibilidad de mitigar las
barbaridades del football 6 abolirlc
por complete en- las instituciones de-
centes 81 no Sc halla medic de templar
10 y hum lnizarlo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-12-18
Ell ."CaraCas"

El viernes salo para La Guayra y
Caracas ell vapor americana Caracas, )"
llevando los siguientes pasajeros:
Para Curacao, Mr. Carlos Nevella, y
para La Guayra. Mr. Archilanld HUI
bard y seflora, Mr.. Francisco c. Vera,
Mr. Juan HernAnd dez Gonzalez, Mr. A.
Morera Sanchez, Joseph Anderson,
Mr. Pounpart, senora y I'm niho, y pa
ra Puerto Cabello, Mi c. P. Bradon y
Pablo Lingl.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-09-30

Albert Silvers. aged 80 years. drop
ped dead at Lapidum on Sunday. He
is survived by a widow and was mem
Der Of the well-known Slvers family,
of Hartford county.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-09-30

"When | tell my friends that In
Alaska during the months of June.
July and August we have almost con
tinual sunlight and that IL never gets
dark IN the summer months they in
variably ask when we sleep" said +.
A. Cross. II merchant from Council.
Alaska. well. we sleep whenever we
have the opportunity. Very few OF US
have a regular time for going to bed
and arising. except the miners. who
work ON shifts and have 10 be more
methodical
'In the winter there Is practically
nothing doing. and the few people who
stay there can sleep all they desire.
But when spring opens up business
fiourishes. Every one has TO work all
he possibly can. because the summer Is
very short and "A great deal has TO be
accomplished to make up for the stag
nation during the winter months.
"rhe vcrdure and brush grow with a
rapidity that is astonishing in the
warm months. Plants grow so rapidly
that we can raise berries and the hard
Ter vegetables before frost sets in
Portland Orcgonian.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-09-30
Tn. Father Of Doswood Trees.

In Bucks county. Pa. In field b0r-
dcring On the highway between New
pOrtville and Morrisvllle. stands "the
father OF dogwood trees" Six feet
three inches In circumference one foot
above the ground. its branches have a
spread OF thrty-six feet In diameter.
Its exact age Is not known. but people
whose memories reach back forty and
fifty years say they see little change In
Its appearance since their first knowl-
edge. IL must be well over hundred
years old In bloom II IL a gigantic
bouquet: nj other times II looks like IN
ancient apple tree. Some years ago the
present owner thought OF cutting Il
down. esteeming II "A waste OF land to
have so large n tree standing In the
middle OF a cultivated field. but the IA
thcr Of the owner had become attached
10 II. and II was spared In Difference TO
his desires. The present owner now SO
thoroughly appreciates II that II Is to
be hoped he will inspire his children
with the same feeling ana thus insure
its longer life.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-09-30

The religious affiliations Of the presi-
dents OF the United States have been
as follows: George Washington. Epis-
copalian: John Adams. Congregational
list: Thomas Jefferson. EpIscopallan:
James Madison. Episcopalian; James
Monroe. Episcopalian; John Quincy
Adams. Congregationalist: Andrew
Jackson. Presbyterian; Martin Van
Buren,. Reformed Dutch; William Hen
ry Harrison. EpIscopallan; John Tyler.
Episcopalian: James X. Polk. Presby-
terrain: Zachary Taylor. Eplscopalian:
Willard Fillmore. Unitarian: Franklin
Pierce. Episcopalian; james Buchanan.
Abraham Lincoln. Meth
0dIst: Andrew Johnson. Methodist:
Ulysses =. Grant. Methodist: Ruther-
ford d. hayes. Methodist; James A.
Garfield. Disciples: Chester A. Arthur.
Episcopalian: Grover Cleveland. Pres
byterian: Benjamin Harrison. Presby-
terrain: William Mckinley. Methodist;
Roosevelt. Reformed Dutch.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-09-30
chsraso.. Drainar. Canal.

Chicago is Just congratulntlng itself
that dividends In the shape OF i'm
proved health are beginning 10 come In
from its millions invested In the drain
age canal During the week ending
May 20 there was only one death In
the city from typhoid fever. record
without a parallel In that city In re
cent years and probably without n du-
plicate In any other large city OF the
world This excellent showing. more
over. was made before tie full compile.
ton OF It's intercepting sewer system.
by means of which all the sewage OF
the city will be diverted from the lake.
and the city's water supply will then
be ms pure as the authorities can make
II. To eliminate the scOurge of typhoid
so far as the water supply Is concerned
Is an achievement any city may well
be proud OF. as In the United States
more deaths are annually caused by II
than by diphtheria. scarlet fever and
appendicitis combined.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-09-30
ON BRITISH SHIPS.
The life of the seaman IL Hardly
worth the living.

Among the many matters that are
troubling Englishmcn is the practical
disappearance of the native British sea
man and the Increase of foreign sail
ors on British ships. Pcrcival Gibbua
throws some light on the cause. lie
says '''Ihe life IL not worth living
The whole truth of the affair Is In that
fact. The rates NJ which cargo must
be carried require that the mere fool
eaten shall he of the lowest and cheap.
est quality. The board of trade rcg,l-
lates the quantity and insrres n certain
variety. but II speak from eXpcrienc"l
this avails nothing TO make the fare or
dinarlly palatable. Its staple Is bis
cult. salt beef and salt pork Meals
are eaten In the forccastlc. where n ta-
BILE or u bench is rarity. and the men
must find their own plates. knives.
forks and other equipment The ship
gives only the food and the bare hunks.
The wage Of sailor Is always small.
Taking recent years. I think a fair
average of the monthly wages from
home ports would be $40. II means
that no sailor can bring up family
or keep wife. and II certainly means
that no man can hope 10 save enough
TO insure some provision for his old
age. As matter of fact. I never met
~ goes as soon as II Is received In
establishing as sharp contrast rs pos
slble with the aching discomfort and
barrenness OF life ut sea. The man has
no appetite for delicacies. When his
term of bitter hardship Is ut an end he
Graves for the strong meats OF ruinous
dissipation. and. the money gone. he
has no option hut TO ship again as soon
as possible and earn some more.
''In 1896 I shipped In Philadelphia as
able seaman aboard wooden full
rugged ship. bound round the Horn for
San Francisco. There were seven able
seamen besides myself. four ordinary
senmen and boy We had fearful
passage of 116 days. during which we
lost four A. BIS and the boy. During
thirty days Off the Horn all hands were
called twenty-five times: we ran short
the halyarls In Sacramento bay we
We're too done up to lower away and
let the yards come crashing down on
TO the caps. II was about US hard a
passage as ships company ever ex.
pcrienced.
Next day we were paid OF. My
wages were $i2. and were the best Of
those received by the able seamen.
The ordinary seamen drew under So
The boarding masters in sanity Phila-
delphia had eaten us up, and within a
week most OF us were ut sea again.
was ashore only eight days and then
had 10 give u note for two months
pay In order 10 get on ship"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-09-30

II Is certainly discreditable that one
OF the three Americans who would by
popular acclaim be pronounced 10 be
the greatest the country has produced
should have received so little formal
recognition. The birthday OF Washing
ton Is practically national holiday:
Lincoln's birthday IL a red letter day In
many states. but Franklin. the third
In this trlumvlrate OF Americas great
est. IL denied the honor Of public
TO his superlatlve merits.
An opportunity Is at hand to, make
good this neglect. On Jan. II next
will be the bicentenary Of Franklin's
birth. The day ought TO he celebrated
In an appropriate manner to the far
thcst ends ~ the country. II would
be becoming for Philadelphia 10 take
the lead In doing honor 10 her adopted
Philadelphia Record.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-09-30
Always Liberal To Churches.

Every church will be given liberal
quantity of l.. & NJ. paint. Call forit.
gallons Longman 4 Martinez l.. 4
NJ. Paint mixed with three gallons of
linseed oil. will paint house.
w. Il. Barr. Charleston. w. Va.
writes, Painted Frankenburg block
with l.. 4 NJ. stands out as though
vanished.
Wears and covers like gold
Don't pay 81. 80 a gallon for linseed
oil, which you do in ready-for-use paint.
Buy oil fresh from the barrel at 60
cents per gallon and mix it with l.. & NJ.
II makes paint cost about $l.20 per
gallon. Sold by Hasting & Timmons,
Snow Hill. Scarborough, Onley & Co.,
Gir,lletree. Bowen & Son. Newark.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-09-30

One OF our missionaries In a distant
field writes that he has strong preju.
dice against the use OF pewter and
other base metals at the holy commun-
Ion. II have always thought that It
was a mean thing to send pewter ves-
sells TO missions. "-Churchman
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-09-30
nthc lsaby is Cutting Teeth

BE sure and use hat old and we'll
tried remedy. Mrs Winslow's Soothing
Syrup, for children teething. IL soothes
the child. snftens the gums. aliays all
pain. cures wind collie and is the best
remedy for diarrhoea Twenty
cents bottle.
IT Is THE BEST OF ALL
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-09-30

Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protrud-
ing Piles Druggist refund money il
PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any
case. M matter Of how long standing.
in to Il DAYS. First application gives
ease aud rest. soc IL your druggist
hasn't il send soc in stamps and il will
be forwarded postpaid by Paris Medi-
cine o.. st. Louis. No.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-09-30

The autumnal equinox occurred
Thursday of this week. and for a day
or two thereafter the sun rose at 6 a.
M. and set at 6 D. M. making the days
and nights equal. At this period of the
wear severe rain and wind storms are
expected to occur. The sun ON the 2lst
instant reached his furthest point north.
and thereafter began to travel south.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-09-30

On account of the prevalence of
typhoid fever and diphtheria at the
Naval Academy a rigid quarantine has
been established and no midshidmen are
allowed to leave the grounds.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-09-30

The remains of William Ebdarts,
who was buried in cave-in in the
quarry of the X. l.. Jones Slate Com
pany in Hartford County, last November,
have Just been recovered. II was neces-
sary to remove hundreds of tons of
rock and earth before the remains
could be reached.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-09-30
THREE JURORS CURED
OF Cholera Morbus with One Small
Bottle Of Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy.

Mr.. G. w. Fowler of Hightower. Ala,
relates an experience he had while serv-
ing on petit jury in "A murder case ut
Edwardsvillc. county seat of Clebourne
county. Alabama. He says: while
there ate some fresh meat and souse
meat and it gave me cholera morbus in
avery severe form. was never more
sick in my life and sent to the drug store
for certain cholera mixture. but the
druggist sent me bottle of Chamber
lain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Re
NEEDY instead, saying that he had what
| sent for. but that this medicine was
so much better he would rather send il
TO me in the fix was in. ! took one
dose of il and was better in five minutes.
The second dose cured me entirely. Two
fellow jurors were afflicted in the same
manner and one twenty-five cent bottle
cured the three of us. For sale by p.
d. Cottingham & Co.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-09-30

Walter Clifford. eldest son of DR..
Clifford. of Zion, and graduate of the
Jacob Tome Institute. died at his home
on Saturday, after an illness of five
days.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-09-01
HEN WILSON IN TROUBLE.
Scandal Disturbs Serenity of lnhabi.
tants of BinqviiIe.

II Is rumored on reliable authority
that Hen Wilson has left his wife
again owing to some marital trouble
between them. This is not the first
time Hen and Sary Ann have had mar
ital trouble. The last time before this
Sary Ann struck Hen with a rolling
pin above the left eye and he went out
of the house and did not return for
several weeks. Some says he went
to the Co. seat and spent most Of his
time in a hospital. Finally he returned
home a sadder and wiser man and
him and Sary Ann made up again and
started out together to try to live a
different life with the dove of peace
perched above their hearthstone. as
you might say.
But now ruction swift and terrible
has broken out in their midst again.
We got this straight or we wouldn't
say anything about it in print Mrs.
Wilson herself told Mrs. Caroline
Hooper that Hen had left home fol-
lowed by all the cooking utensils in
the kitchen. Mrs. Hooper told it to
Ben Wade's wife and Ben Wade's wife
told 1t TO Mrs. Widow Henderson who
told us.
Sary Ann has a quick temper and
when she gets mad there seems to be
nothing else to do but for Hen to dig
out for a while and wait until the
clouds roll by. What the trouble was
this time was that Hen went right into
the house like durn fool and set his
self down on new sofa pillow which
Mrs. Wilson had just finished. Mr.
Wilson stated that Hen might think
that sofa pillows were made to sit on,
but he was mistaken. Hens where
abouts is at present Bling
vile Bugle Items" in the Boston Post.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-09-01

willow brush and other rubbish that
flood water now consumes more time
in running off than ii ever has since
resided in the township.
1t is true that the river channel is
somewhat obstructed, but the most of
such obstruction is just what the par
ties owning the land along its margin
have made it by telling tree tops into
it and leaving them there until the
floating rubbish has gathered against
them and now retards the natural
flow But conditions on the river and
on the Brandywine are not similar,
as large portion of the land along
the creek has been cleared and cult
waited for years, while along the river
don't believe there are 40 acres out
side the natural marshes cleared in
the entire IL miles of river bottom.
The bottom lands along this proposed
drain have never been thought TO have
any particular value for farming pur-
poses. The price in buying and sell
ing has always been rated according
TO the value of the timber on such
land
As to boundary lines, he says that
"a much more satisfactory line could
be had by exchanging the loops cut
off of the old channel on either side
of the new" l should think that
every time the new channel crossed
the old one it would make an island
that neither party could get onto until
they had bridged the new channel or
made fill across the old one, which
would probably often mean more ex-
pense than the land was worth.
He says they the promoters pro
ceeded in the regular way and got p
names on their petition and could
have had more and can yet" In
reply to that will say that some of
the signers of that petition never
thought that it meant any such un-
dertaking as now proposed. Had
they thought SO they would not have
signed it. AS to getting more signers
to the petition, | don't believe it
would now be possible TO get repre-
sentative man in this township, out
side the ones to be directly benefited,
TO endorse any such proposition. As
70 the property holders owning land
along the survey, there are between
90 and 20 of them, and over 10 of
them have signed a remonstrance
against the drain as now proposed.
In closing his article he expresses
some very pleading and sympathetic
sentiments "a to public health,
but such sentiments in this as in
other similar cases have very little
merit in them. They have become an
old chestnut, have been worked over
time for years and made the excuse
for putting a large per cent of the ex-
pense of nearly every drain in the
country onto the taxpayers at large.
f. A. CHASE.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-09-01
GOT HIS NAME AT LAST.
Then Mayor Was Allowed to Continue
in Conversation.

The first mayor of Rockland was
the Hon Knott Crockett, who was
well known throughout his native
state, but whose fame had spread but
little to other regions. He happened
to be in Boston, shortly after his
election as mayor. and at one of the
hotels in that city entered into con-
versation with some men to whom he
had not been introduced. He was ex-
pressing his opinion quite freely, when
one of the crowd thinking to silence
him, said, And what might your name
be, sir?"
MY name is Knott Crockett" said
the mayor of Rockland drawing him.
self up to his full height, evidently sur
prised that his name and fame had not
penetrated as far as Boston.
Il did not ask you what your name
was not. asked you what it was
said the Boston man with severity,
evidently thinking he was being made
fun Of.
"My name is Knott Crockett" re-
peated the mayor of Rockland.
Then another one OF the party took
up the query. "S'- you have been
so good as to tell IS what your name
is not, will you now tell us what your
name is?"
The reply came this time in an even
more dignified manner than before.
MY name is KNOTT Knott Crock
EFT, Crockett"
He was allowed to continue in the
conversation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-09-01
WEBSTER "A GREAT ANIMAL"
Wonderful Orator Seemed Half Asleep
When Trying a Case.

81 heard him once in Faneuil hall,
Boston. Every man in the audience
and the hall was crowded-gave zone
shout of applause at what Everett
said The subject have entirely for.
gotten, but this fact | remember"
says writer In the Critic. | inquir-
ed if he had ever heard Webster pro-
duce such an effect on an audience.
He said never; but he had only heard
Webster in court; it was in defense of
a celebrated riminal-perhaps the
Phoenix bank cose in Boston. Mr.
Webster seemed in a semi-dream. |
thought him half asleep, for he had
his eyes almost closed and was in a
heavy state, taking little notice OF
what went on in court. William De-
hon, brisk young man, sat near him
and furnished him with law books and
papers and acted as If he were there
to keep Webster awake. There were
three judges on the bench-probably
Judge Shaw and two others-one on
each side Of aim. They watched Web
ster closely, for il would not do TO
neglect what he might say. He, on
the contrary, appeared to take no &C
count Of other persons. as if his mind
were anywhere but there. | fancied
he was thinking what his next politi-
cal move should be. He was re-
markable man TO look altar other
than the ordinary run of mem sup
pose the most remarkable American in
his aspect that ever was seen. They
thought so in England, where they
stopped TO look after him in the street.
But he was heavy-a great animal, in
volved in his own dreams and paying
little attention TO what went on
around him"