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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-12-06
El abanico blancO

Chuang Tsen, natural de Sung
era un letrado que llevaba su
amor q la ciencia al extreme de
despreciar profundamente las
cosas de este mundo; buen chi
no como era, falta abale la fe en-
las reconditas cuestiones de Or
den metafisico y solo tenia, pa
ra consuelo de su espiritu. Ia
conciencia de poder substraerse
a la Influenza de los errores
vulgares de la humanidad, que
sc esfuerza y agita para adqui
rir riquezas in1tiles Il honores
vanos rid1culos.
Por ESQ, despues de su muerte
fue, considerable feliz y digno de
envidia.
Durante el tempo que los ge-
MOS desconocidos del mundo lie
habian pefmitido hacer una vi
da al parecer regalada. en- la que
disfr Il taba de todas las dichas
que la naturaleza ofrece a sus
elegidos, Chuang-Tsen tenia la
inveterada costumbre de hacer
largos paseos por las bellas y
admirables campi1as de la CO
marca en- que viva sin saber
como nj porque. Il
Cierta manana que vagaba a
la ventura por las floridas fall
das de la montana de Nen-Hoa.
Sc halo de pronto por mera ca
sualidad, al pie de los cipreses
de un cementerio en- el que de
acuerdo con la cestumbre del
pals los muertos descansaban
bajo cuidados monticulos de tie
rra gruesa y apisonada. lmpre-
sionado por el triste espectacu-
10 que tenia entonces por delan-
te, el letrado medito profunda-
mente sobre Ell destino de la
humanidad.
-iAyi Jay! - sc d1JO. - He
aqui la encrucijada a donde
vienen a parar todos los ca
minos de la vida. En- cuanto
toma uno su lugar en- la man
sion de los muertos, queda ami
Quilado por complete el mOdo
de ser de nuestra existenCia.
Esta teoria no era particular.
Sc resunia en- ella la flosofia
de Chuang-Tsen Y la de los chi
nos que no conocen mas vida
que la vida material. A estOs
la igualdad de los hombres en-
Ia tumba los consuela 8 los de-
sespera, seg1n Sc inclinen a la
seren dad o a la melancolla.
Tienen ademas. para que los dis
traigan. una multltud de doses
verdes 8 colorados. que a veces,
resu titan a los muertos y hacen
hechicerias divertidas. Chuan-
Tsen. que pertenecia a la secta
orgulloa4 Dc los flo3ofO5, Go pc
dia consuelo q los dragones de
porcelana. VIVA a su manera.
En- esos momentos, pues, en-
que explanaba su pensamiento
q traves de las tum bas, VIC de
improviso a una joven, vestida
de luto riguroso, que estaba
sentada junto a una sepultura
agitando SUI abanico blanco So
bre la terra humeda a1n de
aquella fosa.. Lleno de cur1osi-
dad Dor conocer los motives de
un hecho tan extraordlnar1o,
Chuang-Tsen saludo cortes-
mente a la dana y lie dijo;
-1Me permits, selora, que
os pregunte quien es la persona
que duerme en- esta tumba, y
por que estais entregada a la ta-
rea de secar con vuestro aban1-
co ia terra que la cubre? Soy TN
6l6sofo que procura sab9r STEM
pre- la 1azon de todas las cosas,
Y este es un case que escapa a
mi nenetraC10n.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-12-06
,olEr1N MERcANrrL DE PUERTO RICO
las acciones humans, particu-

las acc1OneS humanaS, part1cu-
larm ente la de las muieTes, que
siempre lie habian ins pirado vivU
interes
Proseguia su paseo, volviendo
de tempo en- tempo la cabeza
para yer mas el abanico que ras-
gaba ell aire tcomo las alas de
una enorme mariposa, cuahdo
una mujer muy vieja lie cerr6 ell
paso, haciendole senas para que
la siguiese. La anciana 10 llevo
a la sombra de una haya corpu-
lenta y le dijo:
He dido la pregunta que ha-
beis hecho a mi anna, y a la cual
ella no Sc ha dignado responder.
Voy a satisfacer vuestra curio-
sidad, esperanto obtener la de-
bida recompensa.
Chuang-Tsen saco de su boil
sa una moneda y la entrego a la
anciana que hablo de esta ma
nera:
La dana que habeis visto
sobre la tumba es la se1lora Lu,
viuda de TN letrado que Sc LA
naba Tao, muerto haCe ounce
dias, despues de largos sufri-
mientos. Esa tumba es la de-
el' Los dos Sc amaban loCa-
camente; y, al espirar, Tao Sc
desesperaba pensando que iba
a dejar sola en- Ell mundo a ST.
espcsa en- la flor de la edad y de
la belleza. Llorando, Lu pro-
testaba a los doses que no po
dria sobrevivir a su esposo.
Pero Tao le dijo: mo hagas
ese juramento seflora!'-En-
tonces-replico ella-si estuvie-
ra condenada por los genios a
sobreviviros, sabed que nunca
consentire en- ser esposa de otro,
que solo tendre en- mi vida un
esposo, como solo tengo TN
alma. Pero Tao lie dijo: mo
hagas ese juramento, sonora
oh, Tao! idejame jurar, al me
nos, que durante cinco amos he
de seros tiel." Pero Tao le dijo:
"No hagas ese juramento, seno-
ra; jura solamente que seras flel
a mi memoria hasta que la tie
rra sc haya secado sobre mi tum-
ba." Y Lu juro este sincera-
mente. y el ouen Tao ceiro los
ojos para siempre. La desespe-
racion de Lu 10 tuvo entOnCes
limites. La asalto una verda-
dera locura, causads por la pena
mas intensa. Pero todo pasa, y
esa situacion tuvo su termino.
A los tres dias de la muerte de
Tao, la tristeza de Lu Sc habia
hecho mas humana. Supo que
un discipulo de su hnado espo'
so deseaba presentarle sus SEN
timientos de CondOleucla. Lo|
recibio. Ese joven era I'm hom-
bre elegante. lie hablo I'm po.
co de Tao y mucho de ella. LIE
-onfes0 su amor. Y La 10 oyo.
Entonces, ell joven prometio
volver. Y ahora, esperandolo,
Lu pasa todo ell dfa donde la ha-
beis visto, sentada junto a la
tumba de su esposo, hacienda
secar la terra que 10 cubre,
olanda todavia, con ell sop)o con
lin 10 de su abanico, e; que no
suelta nj por I'm momento.
Cuando la anciana term1no
su relate, Ell sabio Chuang-Tsen
penso:
La juventud es breve. Y ell
agujjon del deseo le da alma. Sin
embargo, la sonora Lu es una
mujer digna, que no qu1ere tal'
tar a su juramento.
He ahl una leCci6n preCiosa
para ell corazon amante de las
mujeres llndas.
AsatoIe france.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-07
Forcinu the Youthful Mind.

There is very general cry that chill
dren are becoming every day less
childlike, that they are being pressed
far beyond their strength. OF course,
the fanatics tell us that it is not so,
that all this cutlery is the outcome of
misplaced sentiment and of ignorance
of the true inwardness of educational
methods. But this we know, that
forced minds are very like forced
plants-curiosities, perhaps, but not
such as the experienced cultivator
keeps as stock" Nature is very jeal-
Gus for her nufslings. You may fool
considerably with adult specimens,
even to the degree of making them
hideous; you may experiment almost
indefinitely with this, and the other
kind Of pruning, grating, but let a
cold wave or hot wave but once blow
upon your tender nurslings and they
are gone without hope of resurrection.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-07
Cure to Stax Cured.

Wapello, Iowa, Sept. 18th Especially
One of the most remarkable cures
ever recorded in Louisa County is
that Of Mrs. Minnie Hart of this place.
Mrs. Hart was in bed for eight
months and when she was able to sit
up she was all drawn up on one side
and could not walk across the room.
Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her. Speak
ing of her cure, Mrs. Hart says:
Eyes, Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me
after l was in bed for eight months
and know the cure was complete for
that was three years ago and | have
not been down since. In four weeks
from the time l started taking them
was able to make my garden. No
body can know how thankful | am to
be cured or how much l feel l owe
to Dodd's Kidney Pills."
This case again points out how
much the general health depends on
the Kidneys. Cure the Kidneys with
Dodd's Kidney Pills and nine-tenths
of the suffering the human family is
heir to, will disappear
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-07
Youno Fool and the Old,

There's no fool like young fool
When fire works are concerned
Behold them all, the victims small,
With hands and faces burned,
Behold the famed and killed and MANNED,
Their needless sufferings:
There's no fool like the Old Fool
Who gives a child such things
There's no fool like young fool
In glorious July
To fire a bomb and lose q thumb
And tear away an eye,
To touch a light to dynamite
And scatter death and noise:
There's no fool like the Old Fool
Who gives a child such toys.
There's no fool like young fool
To make the Fourth a crime,
When every nurse and every hearse
Is working overtime,
When East and West and North and
South,
The lists appalling grow:
There's no fool like the Old Fool
Who thinks a child should know.
There's no fool like the young fool
Who smells the powder smoke;
But the awful play that mars the Day
Has ceased to be a joke,
Yet Satan tempts the Old Fool
To chuckle meath his breath
And put among the needless young
The instruments of death.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-07
Was Down on Circumstantial Evidence

night. A guest of the hotel who had a
room next to mine swore that my
shores disturbed him from midnight
till 2 o'clock and that he heard me
turn over in bed at 3, and so was
honorably discharged from custody"
But about it being queer?" was
asked.
why, all the people on both sides
were mistaken. / was not outside the
bank at the times named and neither
was | in the hotel"
But you were somewhere"
"Oh, of course. Fact is, | got
mashed on the landlords daughter
and we sat up all night in a balcony
and talked love and looked at the
moonlight. Yes, sir, sat there all
night like a couple of idiots, and
though l declared would die for heI
and she said she only wanted me and
a humble cottage, she was married to
a red-haired butcher within year and
I was being sued by snub-nosed
widow for breach of promise. l was
simply observing, you know, that cir
cumstantial evidence is a queer thing
and 1 wish to add that a juryman
shouldn't be influenced too much by
it."-Tid-Bits.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-07
Charles Wesley Seven Thousand Hymns

from place to place upon his duties
in the church. In those days graphite
pencils and flowing pens were un-
known, and he wrote with a piece of
soft lead he always carried with him
on any old scrap of paper. He lived
to be 80 years of age, and was born
in 1908.
The hymns of Dr. Watts come next
in number to those of Charles Wes-
ley, namely, GOT, but they mostly ap-
pealed to children, although never for
gotten in later years.
The fact is that Wesley commenced
writing his sacred hymns at the age
of 20.
The Methodist hymn book in this
country, as well as the Wesleyan
hymn book in England, being so re-
plete with the hymns of Charles Wes-
ley is accounted for by the fact that
both Charles and his brother John
were clergymen Of the Church of
England, but John, taking exception
to some part Of the ritual of that
church, went out to preach to the
multitudes, and after he had organ
lied what his followers called the
Wesleyan church his brother Charles
joined him and wrote the hymns, to
which were added the favorite hymns
of other sacred writer's.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-07
MISS Irene Crosby

Thousands of American women, how.
ever, have found relief from all monthly
suffering by taking Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, as it is the most
thorough female regulator known to
medical science. 1t cures the condition
which causes so much discomfort and
robs menstruation of its terrors.
Miss Irene Crosby, of 3l3 Charlton
Street East Savannah, Ga, writes:
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
is a true friend to woman. 1t has been OF
great benefit to me- caring me of irregular
and painful menstruation when everything
else had failed, and gladly recommend it to
other suffering women"
Women who are troubled with pain
full or irregular menstruation, back
ache, bloating Tor fatulence), leucor-
rhea, falling, inflammation or ulcera-
ton of the uterus, ovarian troubles,
that bearing-down feeling, dizzi-
ness, faintness, indigestion, nervous
prostration or the blues, should take
immediate action to ward off the seri-
Gus consequences, and be restored to
perfect health and strength by taking
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and then write to Mrs. Pink
ham, Lynn, Mass, for further free adj
vice. Thousands have been cured by
so doing.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-07
Sailors Have Sport Racing Turtles

placed. and the snappers sailed away
from the post in a manner much
similar to the way the horses leave
the scratch line at race track.
THE after deck of the steamer was
made race track. There was real
bookmaker, and several dollars of real
money changed hands. The heavy
losers walled and declared No. 3 or
No. 6 was dead one, and could not
get around the track unless 1t was
carried"
Lem Fugle refilled his pipe and
looked wistfully at the entries in to.
morrow's races, carefully picking out
the winners, and assuring the reporter
what "cinch" Mad Mullah would be
'for show"
81 have gambled on every kind of
race that has ever been run, with the
exception of the turtle race" spoke
the sage in a sorrowful tone, "and
think it is up to the sports Of New
York to build track for racing the
crust covered creatures. You can put
me down on the list as charter mem.
Der of the Metropolitan Turtle Racing
association" said Mr.. Fugle, and the
tugboat e. S. Booth left her mooring
at Pier No. 4, East river, and started
down the bay for a tow.-New York
American.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-07

Neat Way in Which He Dupes the
angel of His Life"

Neat Way in Which He Dupes the
angel of His Life"
Mr.. Snuthe reaches home for din
ner and finds his wife in an unusually
taciturn mood.
They go through the meal almost
quietly; the only speech being from
him.
The evening progresses in the same
fashion.
At last he asks:
aren't you feeling we'll to-night?"
"Oh, yes" she tells him, coldly.
Then what is wrong with your"
"You ought to know"
How should l know? Have | said
or done anything to offend your"
"No; you haven't said anything or
done anything"
"Then what on earth makes you act
this way?"
81 suppose you have forgotten what
day this is?"
mo. This is the 25th day of Aug.
ust, 1906"
"And it is my birthday, and you for.
got that it was, and you never for
got 1t before, and you"
Zone moment, my dear. l did not
forget that it was your birthday"
She smiles through her tears, think.
ing of diamond sunbursts and things
like that.
ooh, you dear thing!" she exclaims
"You did not forget it, them"
mo. What birthday is it?"
"Why, my thirtieth, of course"
well, angel of my life, do you not
think it is more gracious of me to
seem to overlook your birthday than
to remind you of how old you are
growing?"
Next day she tells the neighbor that
dear John is the thoughtfullest man
that ever lived.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-07
Bereaved Husband Needed the Tiger

few moments, looking alternately at
the man and the tiger, evidently try.
ing his best to reconcile the two.
Now, young man." he finally said
you need not take this animal unless
you want to, for there are those here
who will take it off your hands"
81 don't want to SELL" was the quiet
reply.
What on earth are you going to do
with such an ugly beast II you have
no show of your own and are not buy.
ing for someone who is a Snowman? p
We'll, I'll tell YOU" said the pur.
chaser. my wife died about three
weeks ago. We had lived together for
ten years, and-and I miss her."
He paused to wipe his eyes and
steady his voice, and then added:
80 I've bought the tiger"
II understand YOU" said the great
Snowman in a husky voice, as he
turned to hide his emotion.-London
Tit-Bits.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-07
A Mere Matter of Size.

She was corpulent and on her way
to Chicago from New York, and was
travelling with her two children, aged
respectively and 4 years. AS far as
Buffalo she had not been asked to pay
for the children, but at that point the
train crew changed and the new con
ductor, gruff, surly-looking individ,
ual, looked askance at the children
and asked for their tickets.
"Why, have none" said the moth.
er.
How old are they?" snapped the
man in blue.
"The girl is and the boy 4, sir"
"They look pretty big for that" was
the gruff rejoinder.
WELL" said she of the avoirdupois,
eff you're collecting fares according
to size, you'd better get another ticket
for me-"
Needless to say, she did not pay for
the children.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-07
Man Arrested for Completely in
Bank Robbery Had Reasons
for His Belief-Unfortuna in
Love Affairs.

''As to circumstantial evidences, it's
queer thing" said the man in the
brown suit. Five or six years ago
l was in a certain town for a night
when a bank was robbed. Next
morning | was arrested as an accom-
plice, it being contended that l was
seen idling in front of the bank and
evidently acting as sentinel to those
within. Three different persons iden-
titled me as the man, and fourth
claimed to have seen me enter the
hotel at late hour by way of shed
and a window. l was locked up for
examination, and with a chance Of
things going hard with me, when evil
dence began to come forward on my
side.
"The landlord asserted and swore
that l was sitting in the Office at 10
o'clock p. m. Two servants swore
they saw me going to my room half
an hour later. A man having rooms
opposite the hotel swore that he saw
me smoking at my window at mid
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-07
Start Big Snappers Across Deck
and Bot on Their Finch
Gambler Thinks Track Should
Be Built for Thorn.

IL have heard of horse races, bicy-
Gle races, foot races, dog races, and a
dozen different kinds of races, but
never before in my long life have
heard of a turtle race" unused Lem
Fugle. the sage, philosopher and guide
of the battery, yesterday afternoon,
as he hung his feet over the stern of
the tugboat e. S. Booth, and pulled
nonchalantly at the pipe of peace.
YES" he continued, that Is the
story brought in by the steamship
Queen Eleanor from Samarang and
Alden. A friend O. mine, who is a
stoker on the Queen, told me they
had a regular Saratoga during the trip
over. The sailors bet their money
and when that was lost staked their
dunnage on races between a score of
big swapping turtles, which were
brought over by the men simply to
have little sport with.
"On the second day out the sailors
dug out half dozen of the monster
snappers and pasted numbers on their
backs. Strong ropes were tied around
the necks Of the turtles, the bets were
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-07
Enaland's MILITARY Canal"

1t is not generally known that Eng
land has a military canal" started
just a century ago as part of the
scheme of defense propounded by Mr.
Pitt. in view of a possible invasion by
the French under Napoleon. The
canal was to have been thirty-six
miles in length, running from Rye to
Hythe, the idea being that 1t would
serve as the means of conveying
stores and also act as an obstacle to
the enemys advance, once ne landed.
Now, 100 years after it's inception,
money is proposed to be voted fol
putting 1t in a state Of repair.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-07
NOISES IN Her HEAD
Mrs. Reagan was a Nervous Wrech,
But DR.. Williams Pink Pills
Brought Sound Health.

Before began to take DR.. Williams
Pink Pills." said Mrs. Mary Reagan,
of No. SO Kilburn street, Fall River,
Mass, recently, 81 was in and out of
bed all the time, but now I stay up all
day and do all my own work.
81 was badly run down from over
work. One day noises began i'll my head
and almost made me crazy. My head
felt as if tight band had been put
around it, and the pressure and the
sounds made me so uneasy that often
had to walk the floor all night.
MY stomach was i'll bad shape, and I
had smothering sensations. At such
times my body seemed bloodless, my
hands were like chalk and my face
turned yellow. The doctor said had
dyspepsia in the worst form. Then my
nerves gave way and l was completely
Frustrated. I frequently suffered from
smothering sensations.
~The first box Of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills that / used quieted my nerves.
so that / could get good nights
sleep, which was a new experience for
me. Before began to use them l was
nervous wreck and trembled at the
slightest sound. l was 50 weak that I
had to sit down and rest every few steps
when l went up stairs. Now can run
up whole flight at once. The smother
ing sensations have gone and the noises
in my head have stopped entirely. My
appearance has greatiyy improved, for
friends who were alarmed Oh my ac-
count before, now say: How well YOU
are lookingP My husband spent over a
hundred dollars on treatment for me that
was worthless, but few boxes of DIR.
Williams Pink Pills brought me sound
health"
Sold by all druggists, or sent, post
paid, on receipt of price, so cents per
boz, six boxes for 81 30 by the DIR. Will
liains Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-07
Costly Illeuibilitx

Sir Walter Scott's writing was at
times-not often-decidedly obscure
rascal by some means obtained pos.
session of note of unquestionable
illegibility written by the great novel
list, and presented it to Sir Walters
tailor as an order for a couple Of suits
of clothes. The tradesman, recogniz-
ing his patrons signature, took the
rest for granted and executed the
commission, only to find, on asking for
payment, that the note was in answer
to an invitation to dinner.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-07
Founder of Church Indefatigab
in His Sacred Writinss-Com-
menced at the Age of Twenty
nine.

Wonder is always expressed and
doubts arise when the statement is
made that the Rev. Charles Wesley, a
clergyman Of the Church of England,
actually wrote seven thousand hymns
during his lifetime. This statement is
verified by the publication over his
own signature of thirty-nine books of
poetry, sacred and secular. 1t is doubt
full if there exists a hymn book adopt
ed by any religious denomination
which does not contain several of his
sacred songs.
Thomas Moore wrote very few sa-
cred songs, but of these few one
stands out pre-eminent and will be
sung till time be no more by the peo-
pie of this whole earth. "This song,
that always reaches the heart is
Come, Ye Disconsolate," found in al
most every hymn book and never ac-
credited to the author.
The Rev. Charles Wesley must
have been writing hymns all his life,
and it is recorded of him that he
wrote on horseback while travelling
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-07
His Wife Had Recently Died and
He Was Seeking Consenial
Society - English Newspaper
Responsible for Story.

At sale of animals from hippo
drome tiger was being offered. The
highest bid was made by a man who
was stranger, and to him it was
knocked down. The owner of the an
imal, who had been cycling the strang'
er uneasily during the bidding, then
went up to him and said:
Pardon me for asking the question,
but will you tell me where you are
from?"
From the country" responded the
man.
Are you connected with any show"
mo"
And are you buying this animal for
yourself?"
yes"
The Snowman shifted about for a
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-10-07
Lies Sorrows That Quickly Pass

With the. loveliest flowers that ever
may blow,
Though to-day the gray future seems
barren and dead.
III.
The past, lying there with its joys and its
woes,
With its wine bottle drained and its
poor, withered rose,
With it's pledges all broken, its hopes that
were vain,
Its moments Of gladness, its aeons of
pain
The past has not terrors, IL cannot return.
It's only gray ashes that never may burn,
And you with your chains that are rivet-
ed fast
Where. the staples of circumstance bulge
from the wall
BE .glad-oh, be glad-for, though
heaven should fall
BY tomorrow this day will be part of the
past.
S. Z. Kiser.