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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-07-20
La dolora del superhombre

Ia eScuela, entraDan los III uCHo
<chos en- el cuarto de don Fadri
que. No era muy grande Ell
cuarto, nj tenia las cuatro pare
des adornadas con mucho luJo;
pero habia luz.
Llegaba el dia por una clara
boya acristalada, y cuando en-
la caIle estaban va oencendidos
los taroles y deslumbraban los
escaparates. todavia una luz te-
nue. azulada venia 4 consolar
las soledades de don Fadrique.
Los dos chicos sc disputaban
ell bahl para sentarse a yer las
estampas y los libros. La Chi
quilla llenaba Ell suelo de trapos
y de cintas.
Y don Fadrique. tendido en-
la CANA, flaco y barbudo, aso
mando las manos huesosas Y las
munecas de sarrniento vieio po1
las mangas de una camiseta
girls, hablab ba a los muchachos y
al oielo, que sc apagaba y sc des-
vanecfa en- los cuatro cristales
de la claraboya. Los mucha-
chos lie Dian, pero don Fadrique
no miraba sino la luz mori-
bunda de la tarde. En- sus pu
pilas, muy abiertas, brillaban
dos estrellas antes de que brilla-
ran en- el cielo.
-Vosotros no veis NADIA. Sois
unos buenos chicos que estais
todavia peleando con ei abece-
dario. Pero 10 podeis todo por
que no habeis viVido a1n. Aqui
appendicitis 4 saber que ell mum
do espera su derrota cuando lie
que una voluntad cruel; cuando
amauezca e. dia de la suprema
injusticia. Eee dia los debiles
caeran. Un hombre nuevo SAL
dra de entire las ru,nas para Ian
Ear ell grito de triunfo.
-lDon F'adrique! - exclamo
la nina.
Estaban los dos chicos a los
pies de la CANA disputandose en-
silenc1o una pobre presa. Uno
tiraba de la mufleca por las pier
mas: Ell otTo Ia agarraba de la
cabeza. Los dos callahan como
unos crim,nales h1pocritas, y el
delantalillo. las enaguas y los
encajes de la muneca sc agita-
ban en- revoluci6n tragica.
Son6 I'm chasquido y el suelo
sc Ileno de serrin.
I'D Fadrique!--volvio a gri-
tar la niila.-iLa han cortado la
cabeza! .,
-iSangre! tHabeis vertido
sangre? Sois cntonCes, como 10
soy 20. ap0stoles de una reli-
gi0n sobrebumana, enemigos de
la piedad, dominadores de la vi
da y vencedores de Ia muerte
La chiquilla lloraba con gran
des apuros y congojas.
Dejad que gasten su corazon
en- llorar miserables dolores los
pobres de espfritu que no tienen
dentro de 81 mismos Ell verdugo
de sus propios sentimientos.-
IA ver!-dljo luego D. Fadrique
buscando a tientas a los dos
muchachos con la mano de es-
pectro. i -iAqui! i Juradme que
sabreis devofar todas vues-
tras p1edades! iQue matareis
en- germen toda compassion! u
radmelo!
Isl. senior. D. Fadrique! Nos
comeremos los niflos crudos.
ST sehoT, y retorceremos to
das las cahezA5. ~ prendere-
mos fueso a la escuela y a don
ViCtoriano!
NO. al maestro no-dijo D.
Fadrique.-Representa la luz de
la razon Pero antes que admi-
tais en- vuestro espiritu la SOM
bra de un sentimentalismo,
amor, amistad, gratitud. fe,
vuestro deber es rebelaros. iCreo|
en- la rebellion; en- la efcacia de
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-07-20
EDUAREO LOPEZ T3EDI
PROFESSOR DE TAQUlGRAFIA.

Da classes domicilio Sxn Juan, Bsya-
mon, Cataf1o, Rio Piedras y Santnrcc.
p. D. Box 1893. Ts.Gfrno y
San Sebastiin 80.
Glasses por ccrr5 spc cn1en>ia para to-
dos los pueblos de la Isle
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-07-20
Seccs6sr sseasssiosa
SANTOS DE MANANA

Tulio II, vi~rnes - anita PraxedeS,
virgen, y san Daniel profeta.
MISAS DE MANANA.
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AREAsokAnLE RI oUrsz.

Mrs. TorIoting of St. Louis knows at least one of her rights and knowing is daring to try to maintain it. She has applied for division of the s2O,OOO worth of property which stands in the name of her husband, from whom she separated in 1898. after twenty-seven years of married life. During that time she had ten children, did all her own housework, earned from s2OO to s250 a year taking in washing, and from $50 to s75 year in sewing. She was mar ried when she was r, is now 51. and claims that the property was accumu- lated through her economy and hard work and that she is entitled to at least half of it.
 We don't know what the Missouri law is, but we do know what it ought to be, Mrs. Torloting ought to have the division she asks, and perhaps she ought to have all the property. She seems to be very reasonable in asking for only half.
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made under the existing laws But if that were done, payment in gold would soon have to be suspended. with eOnse- quent fluctuations in the value of the ruble. Then the only resource would be to heap new debts upon the old ones. Russia, he declared, began the war with her treasury in splendid position, due to the hunger of the peasantry. If the rural population had been in a po- sition to spend one hundred rubles per head, NJ. Witte's policy might have been intelligible. but now it was incon- ceivable how the peasant would con- tinue to pay taxes. His position was bad enough before the war, but now was far worse. Many factories had suspended, and the workmen were a fresh burden on the rural communities. The condition of affairs. he concluded, was intolerable, and brought them face to face with ruin.
 This is competent testimony, and it indicates that Russia is not in very proud financial condition. .s
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sUcH IS FAME,

Time. a bright afternoon not so very long ago.
 Place. an elevator in the Fine Art. building.
 Characters. wanderer. a messenger boy. the elevator man and two or thres other passengers.
 '.Wanderer addressing the elevator man)-Will you give me the name oi the best sculptor in the buildtng?''
 Elevator man shows amazement and turning to messenger boy. says: Say, kid, can't you tell the gent what hs wants to know?', Messenger boy shows without the ass of words that in his lexicon there is no such word as sculptor.
 Wanderer-eWell, taen, who's the best known artist in the building?n
 The elevator man and messenger boy exchange unknowing glances.
 Elevator man Well, get on and ride up to the top floor. There's a fellow named Clarkson up there who paints Don't know how good he is. but nletaba he can tell you who is the real thing
 Enter the wanderer. Exit the sdisin- teres5ed passengers, thinking that it was rather hand on Artist Ralph Clarkson, but fame to him was a soft snap compared to that of Sculptor Lo- rado Taft-C Chicago Record Herald.
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METAL coArING oN LAcE,.

A method has recently been invented of depositing metal coating electri- cally, on laces and other fine fabrics. The process is still kept secret, but 1t turns out the most surprising results, in effect changes the tissues exposed into the daintiest fabrics of gold, silver or bronze. The utility of the metal lized laces covers various fields they serve for table ornamentation and for center pieces; architects use them in mural decorations; in applications on upholstery and for the hangings of panels in salons, boudoirs and rich din- ing halls. The makers of fine fur nitnre incrust wood with them in the manufacture of screens and on sur faces of any kind, plain or curved. They are also used with striking. effect in ecclesiastical yestments and in bail and evening dresses. Rich as they are in appearance and unparalleled in deli
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mex TO THE onp n.4Yos n1.

United States soldiers will soon be better able to take care of themselves and their country. Acting on the sug- gsstion of President Roosevelt Secre- tary Taft has abandoned the new rod bayonet for the army rifle and re-estab- lisaed the. oid-fashioned knife bayonet This has been heightened by the addi' tion of four inches of steel, so that American soldiers will now be on more nearly equal terms with soldiers of oth- CT nations in the important matter of reach of rife from butt to bayonet tip. The change was brought about by the surprising news of victories gained in the Russo-Japanese war by hand-to-
 hand conflicts in trenches. President Roosevelt was the first to notice the frequency with which the eastern foes got to close quarters and fought with saJ5res and bayonets. He called the at tention of General Crozier,, chief of the ordnance department of the army, to the fact, and suggested that the matter ought to be looked into. He was of the opinion that the question was of partic-
 ular importance to the American army from the fact that the new rifle. adopt ed by the War department a couple of years ago, is the shortest used by any of the leading military nations.
 The experts of the ordnance depart
 ment were quick to act upon the advice
 of the President, and last week an or
 der was sent to the commandants of the
 Springfield armory and the Rock Island arsenal to make preparations for the manufacture of a new bayonet. Alter ations will have to be made in the ma- chinery to produce the change, and it will be some time before actual manu- facture will commence. It is expected that the two plants will soon be able to
 produce a combined output of 1000 bay onets a day. The commandant of the Springfield armory has also been direct. ed to submit designs for a sca'bbard for the new bayonet, which will be sharp ened. This is departure from the old method. The former knife bayonet was dull, the intention being that the sol- diers should put on a keen edge in the event of war. 5..: :.',;!5'l 's.N
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ISAishCJtD .

Have you ever dreamt you were in heaven, Bobby?" Z-
 No. But once dreamt I was in a jam art."-Punch. st-@ .@ j.
 Cant I go out in the backyard and play in the garden, mamma?"
 Certainly not, child. You must stay in and study your nature books. Life.
 Running 'em Down.-Church-T These Ichauffeurs seem to think the, ordinary pedestrians are beneath them.
 Gotham-Well, too often they are!-- Yonlsers Statesman. # ..,>
 But it Didn't" Why did you snatch the lady's plrse?" asked the judge.
 Because. your honor, I thought the change might do me good" answered the prlsoner.-C Chicago Daily News, lrtt
 Nell-I've decided to marry your cousin Jack. .,- e,s.....s. ss;9'5 Relle--The ideal a Why, Jack never said a word to me about as. eE$
 Nell-oh, Jack doesn't know 1t yet.-- Philadelphia Ledger. s,4E a,.. Gunner-What are you talking about man2e Why, this cigar is so expensive it comes in a celIuloid case,
 Guyer-H'm! Is that the celluloid case you are smoking or the cigar?-- Chicago Daily News.
 Visitor (from the sunny south)--I am 'tcld there is a theory up here that your climate is changing.
 Host-There is no theory about it. It's 9 recognized fact. Our climate Is al- ways changing, Chicago Tribune.
 Inspector-Why was Elisha sorry when the Summarizes son was dead? Ingenious lad. who had just been de- vcuring Mir. Piekwick-Because, he didn't like being left alone with a wid- low. (Inspector smiled.) -schoolroom Humor. {. 3& &E .t@-ts Don't you find if rather lonely with no congressional business to attend to?' No" answered Senator Sorghum. Some of us attend to the most serious business of our congressional careers when congress is not in session. "-- 1 Washington Star. e "Deah me, Chawley, heah's a scienti- fic French fellow who says that the fu- tlture man, don't you know, is going to be legless as we'll as brainless.
 Good gwaciousr and I've just gone and invested in silvah plated trow- fsers stretchawp p'-C Cleveland 4 Plain Dealer. 's ! Giles-That chap across the street twas the lightweight champion in his iday. ~gsss' : 5 l Miles-You don't say! He certainly doesn't look like prize-fighter now l Giles--Oh, he wasn't a prize-fghter.
 He was formerly a coal dealer. Chica-
 go News. ssg-s@ Wilkins-You told me you never bought a. silk umbrella in your life, and there are no less than three silk ones in your room, for I saw them my self. Hf ss:r'. -t3ES }r'-i
 Bowser-I did not say that other folks never buy silk umbrellass--Boston
 Transcript. E& N %
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RUSSIA'S TINA NGES.

M, Anton Radzig, the we'll known Russian economist, said in an address the other day that at first sight the position of the Russian treasury might appear to be favorable, but it must not be forgotten that, for the pur- poses of the present war, Russia had already borrowed SS1 million rubles. The war had already cost Russia over 1000 million rubles, and, in order that the gold reserve should not melt away, she was compelled continually to con- tract new loans, for taxation had reach ed its outside limits From the latest increase of taxation only IS million rubles were expected. Notes in circu- lation to the amount of 97O million rubles were covered by the gold reserve of S90 million rubles and 112 million rubles in gold abroad. A further issue of notes to tht amount of about three hundred million rlbles might still be
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F }.
 indicated by the fact that dyspeptlcs are, as a general thing, morose and given to breeding. But this does not hold good in all cases, for there are some notably cheerful dyspeptics who joke over their enforced dieting and their lack of flesh.
 The active grief that follows be- reavement or 1t of illness or business troubles is in no way the same thing as the depression that comes up when there is a clear sky and enyelops everything in it's fog. The one has a reason for being, the ether is not so much a rebellion against conditions, joys. and sorrows. It is the condition which in many cases produces suicide otherwise unexplainable.- .5 ?
 So says clever woman docter, who points out that. odly enough, in hos pitaIs the blues are not common among the patients and eonvalescents. There is too much of real suffering to admit of the breeding, self-analyzing eondi- tion that attacks people without reason in the world. outside. e.
 The weather" she says, 'is one of the principal inviters of blues. week Of bad weather increases suicides and fills people with despondency. In many cases it is inseparable from despond- lent state of mind. The east wind has always been accused of producing low spirits. "a, :4& .4, 2. az.. t<f astF 1a But, on the other hand, people can inherit the breeding and gloomy tenn perament ust as they inherit sharp wits or dull ones. kindly dispositions or the reverse. There are some who begin as children to complain and whine over their small troubles. and if the habit is allowed to grow they find that life is bore to them before they have reached maturity. Very busy people whose minds and twhcse bodies are actively employed fare not apt to suffer from the dread depression of the blues Work. in fact, is one of the best panaceas, and in many cases of nervous prostratlon,, which with women is closely allied to the despcndent mental condition. hard work in the home is prescribed as a remedy. tq5s ssA 4rs5f
 Another excellent remedy is cold water baths and showers. These, if persisted in, are among the best cures.
 Then out-of-door exercise is good, The air and the ordinary scenes that come up in a mile walk will take the mind off the reigning topic, which in these cases is always that of self.
 People may worry over the troubles of others and suffer considerably OH their account, but this is not the blues. The blues are always from within. and they can be thrown off CT perseyered lin, as the sufferer will. As 2. rule the people most subect to them are wo- men whose home duties keep them shut | indoors. +,. # | "over sewing or household affairs lthey will allow their minds to fellow up the same old rut of thought, and
 by evening they are in a mental state
 which approaches a mild form of in sanity. .s.s 1 Doctors recognize the state of de- Ispondeney as a symptom of various
 diseases. It is one of the ailments,
 but it is also condition which, like
 hysteria. can be greatly aggravated by
 the patients giving in to 1t. s
 When people learn that it is quite
 possible to throw or an unwholesome I E f
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Mister Butter-In.

Dirty face and clothes in rentsS
 Allus round a-putterin, Just a bunch of imDerdence, Little Mister Bitter-in, -..,.,r Nanny jes' can't keep things neat When he's allus eluttarin', Trackin' dirt with two bare feet, shif'less Mister Butter-in! Who gets Dads first kiss at night, Growth an a-fiutterin', Nanny ?-Well, not by a sight! That's for, little Butter-in: ~ Eff we set down to a meal, Up he wakes a-sputterin' @.. . Fer his share. with such saueal! Greedy Mister Butter-in.y 4tr. Allus shovin' in his oar, Talkin' big an stutterin';T ,,.' Dad can't say a word no more, Count of that old Butter-tn. Still we're used now to his ways, An there, is TO 5utterin' .% l-,' Quite, how lonesome were our days Elf we had no Butter-fn. ,.,-5 X.
 --Leslie's Monthly
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nothing in their heads but hairpins
 and two-steps.
 Sometimes nature takes a girl out
 of the The said" family and makes a
 fine woman of her. but generally she
 gets to going out to parties and is de- lyeloped before her time, and either marries and fades at twenty or hangs on after all the other girls are mar ried off, and takes generation after
 generation of younger boys to raise by
 hand. and becomes known as grand mar in the crowd
 There is nothing so sweet as a single, frank, open-hearted girl. But the boy struck girl is an abominaticn. The whole matter rests with the girls
 mother. She can either bring up one of the .'he said" girls or she can have
 a daughter to be proud of.-Emporia Gazette.
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THE HE SAID" GIRL.

H Hs--
 Sometimes Nature Makes a Fine wom- an of Her. but Rarely.
 Did you ever notice a group of little girls between the ages of fourteen and eighteen chattering away in corner? The next time you sit near such group listen and hear about every tenth word is about what The said" If it is, you have found some more of the The said'' sirls. and they are not the niecest little girls in the world. The he said' girls, and they are not the downtown after school too late to help their mothers with the afternoon work. They are likely to wear better clothes than their fathers can afford, so that the neighbors wonder what their moth- CTS can be thinking about. The "he said" girls also too often think. more of the boys than of their books, and frequently fail to get through school. They are in for good time, and have
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THOMAS c. SHEPARD.

Thomas G. Shepard, who died yester- day, was uncommonly well endowed with musical gifts, and he used them uncommonly well. By such use he be- came conspicuously successful as or ganist, director, teacher and composer. He worked hard, and his work was we'll aimed. Consequently his growth in his art was steady and large. His per ception in all musical matters was clear and his judgment good. Many in this region and elsewhere owe him gratitude for faithful and competent teaching and valuable suggestion. He did much for music here, and it is pleasing to re- cord that owing to his good business ability he was able to make his superior musical ability profitable as well as use full and uplifting. ,c
 MT. Shepard was a man of a truly kind nature, companionable and friend Fly. He kept interested in all the af- fairs of his time, and was a careful ob- server and shrewd judge of current events. He was helpful to good causes, and encouraging to many who needed encouragement. He had high ideals both in his professional and private life, and he lived carefully up to them. He was in all respects a good citizen. His talents, his character and his useful mess gave him a large place in this community, which will be deeply sen- sible of it's heavy loss.
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Fur Storage.

Dry air is the best protection your furs and fur lined garments can have during the Spring and Summer, since it not only preserves the fur, but brings out it's natural lustre as well,
 We have completed elegant new vaults for receiving and storing Furs,i subject to full insurance against dam age by moths or fire and against loss by burglary.
 Rcinodeling and repairing will be made at moderate cost. h Garments called for request.
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL, lssped Thursdays, One Dollar . Year.
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. wants. Rents. and other small advertisements. One Cent a Word each insertion. Five Cents a word for full week.
 Display advertisements, per inch. one insertion. s1.2o; each subsequent inser- ton. 70 cents; one week, ss.20: one month. s10; one year. s4a.
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General Fitzhugh Lee, the old Con- federate leader, will participate in the Memorial Day exercises at Philadelphia
 this year. This will be the first time in the history of the Grand Army of Penn sylvania that Confederate general has delivered Memorial Day oration under the auspices of a Grand Army post. .'
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mood there will not De so many people complaining of the blues, which usual- ly consist of fear of something about to. happen, rather than what has ESp- pened. Philadelphia Inquirer.
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cacy and beauty, they are very cheap. Anybody can afford them. and the ex- tent Of their use in costuming bids fair to be developing the industry, and "Asmos', says that it starts of with all the signs that it is goingto become an important business.-New York Tri- bune.
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Stylish !. :. Garments

For women-in every grade---of many materials all up-to-date in style.
 :" TAILOR MADE SUITS, SIP to $50.
 COVERT COATS, made of best Amer ican and imported woro;nbo Covert Cloth, stylishly made. s1o to sao. MILLINERY-The exclusive line of Phipps-Atehison aud Bendei HATS now on display exceeds in merit anything shown in this city for service, elegance and low price. s to sio.. .l. ~,. t,.s.5
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.sA cemetery for books is what a French writer calls the National Li- brary in Paris, in which the history of France alone is represented by S0o.0oO volumes.
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HUMANITY HEIR TO .,RLIEs.n

Work Alone Seems to Be the Sure To Cure for the. Devils.
 The blues have no special reason for being unless the eld-time idea is right, that they come from disordered state of the liver. That the liver is closely connected with the mental attitude re- sulting from an attack of the blues is
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The publication of the biography of Theodore Thomas brings out some en- tertaining "reminiscences. Among them is this: During Mime. La Oranges con- cert tour he was not only leader of the orchestra, but he had the sole power of hiring or discharging players. The prima donna requested him to place her valet, who was a musician, among the violins. He courteously declined. She insisted. He still refused. WIhereupon she testify said: Have I got to ga down on my knees and beg you?" q do not care whether you kneel or not, madam. II should think it would be more convenient to stand upright But your man can't play. and that is the end of it.a
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During the trial of a man for cheat ing in horse trade the following pre- scription for livening up a rnoribund piece of horsefiesh was given by a vet erinary, testifying as an expert: One dose of lime water will make third rate plug look like Derby winner, a second dose will make it gingery, while third will make 1t want to jump through knot hole"