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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-07-11
Ell martirologio del Arte
PINToRES QUE BaH SiO0 ViCTlMAS
g
DE- SU PROFESSION

g1On, que la CiSuCld y que Sl
ejercicio de las arrnas, el arte
tiene sus heroes y sus martires.
De ellos. ell mas insigne, ell que
mayor y mas justa fama ha al
canzado. era I'm espanol, Mu-
riilo.
La Ultima obra de Murillo.
Los esponsales de Santa Cata :
lima, fue la causa de su muer-
te. Pintabala para la iglesia
del convento de los Capuchinos
de Cadiz, sirvieDdo]e acaso la
iglesia misma de taller, y des-
pues de tener casi terminadas
las fguras principales, al subir
a un andamio para comenzar la
parte alta del cuadro, dio un pa.
so en- falso y vino al suelo. La
caida fue terrible y produjo una
ruptura intestinal, que Murillo
no quiso revelar, porque ell con-
fesar tan grave daflo era contra
rio a su modestia; pero no sola-
mente no euro de ella, slno que
fue empeorando rapidamente, y
POGO despues fallecio en- Sevilla,
ell : de Abril de 1852, sin fuer-
zas siquiera para frmar ell tes-
tamento, que con grandes traba-
Jos habia dictado.
Creese por algunos que el fa-
moso pintor de las Concepciones
no cayo del andamio en- Cadiz,
sino en- Sevilla. donde estaria
pintando el cuadro, para en-
viarlo luego a los Capuchinos
gaditanos; y no es infundada
esta creencia, ~puesto que diff
~cilmente'se con1prende como el
enfermo, estandolo de tanta gra-
vedad. pudo resistir ell viaje de
Cadiz a Sevilla, donde positiva-
mente Sc sabe que murlo. Sea
como fuere, la tradicion supone
que en- Cadiz ocurrio ell trlste
accidente, y ALI, Ell la misma
iglesia de los Capuchinos, esta
todavia sobre el altar mayor
aquel cuadro fatal, tern1inado
por Meneses Osorio.
~
La muerte dc Murillo fue I'm
suceso verdaderamente excep-
cional en- su epoca, cuandos- los
pintores Sc lirnltaban a repre-
sentar asuntos religiosos g de
la vida ordinaria, sin exponerse
a grandes peligros por buscar
una idea nueva. Hoy las cosas
han varlado tanto, que TN pin
tor victima del arte, no puede
va ser considerable como TN fe.
nomeno raro. En- estos ultimos
amos. victimas della pintura fue-
ron dos eminentes pintores fran
ceses, Potter y Merwart, Ell pri-
nero asesinado en- 1898 en- los
confines de Abisinia, el segundo
cubierto por lava en- la la es.
pantosa catastrofe de la Marti-
MICA, ell de Mayo de 1902. Uno
y otro habian lido a aquellos
apartados passes movidos por
un mismo deseo: el de tfasladar
al lienzo paisajes de regiones
inexploradas J espectaculos ra-
ros. que al pintor no lie es dado
encontrar en- Europa.
Muchos otros artistas Sc ha.
bian aventurado antes que ellos
en- regiones igualmente peligro-
sas, entire ellos Fromentin el
pintor de los secretos pintores
cos del Sahara, y Holman Hunt
ell perr;;faelista ingles que pin
taba asuntos biblicos junto a.
Mar Muerto, con ell p;ncel er
una mano y ell rifle en- la otra
pronto a defenderse de los be
duipos, que intentaron varia'
veces robarle. Pero estos fue-
ron mas afortunados que los do'
franceses citados antes.
MaurlCJO tOttcl l,.c a Abls1-
sinia agregado a una mission d.
exploration, la mission Bon
champs, tornado de franceses
rusos y algunos soldados abisi
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-07-11
plia con su deber de exp1orador

4 y
fue traidoramente asesinado de
una lanzada por TN indigena LA
aado Gumira.
No menos tragica fue la muer
te de Pablo Merwart. Enviadu
por ell gobierno frances a las
| Antillas. hallabase en- Saint Pie
rre el dia de la erupcion del
monte Pel@e y fue una de las
muchas victimas de aquella ca
tastrofe. Pero 10 extraf1o aquf
10 que tiene algo de misterioso.
es que Merwart habia teuido
siempre cierta predileccion por
los grandes cataclismos. Su
mejor cuadro, que fguro en- e.
Salon de Paris de 1881, repre-
sentaba una escena del Diluvio
universal, TN hombre joven y
vigoroso tratando de sa1var dc
la catastrofe a una mujer belli
sima, levantandola en- alto, apo
yandose en- las ultimas rocas,
en- el instante en- que iban a Gu
brirlas las olas.
Tai veZ en- su5 ultimos mo-
mentos vic el artista realiZarse
10 que el habia sonado y pinta-'
do en- muchas horas de tragica
aspiration, veinti1n amos antes.
~
A la muerte de Merwart, has
ia cierto punto profetizada por
sus propios cuadros. Sc asemeia
la de Verestchaguin, ocurrida
hace poce mas de up aiio. ell 13
de Abril de 1904. como segura
mente recordaran nuestros lee
cores. Ell pintor de la guerra,
ell que supo representa- como
nadie los horrores del campo de
batalla, cual 81 quisiera decir a
la humanidad todo 10 que hay
de odioso en- sus luchas, murio
Ell la guerra. Al yolar el barco
almirante russo "Petropavlosk' i.
sc VIC sobre Ell puente, junto al
almirante Makharoff, al ancia
no artista, que todavia conse1
vaba en- la manoA Ell lapiz y el
album de apuntes. Fue como
una especie de venganza de la
guerra ofendida.
Pero el ejemplo mas complete
del artista consagrado al arte
hasta dar por el la vida, nos 10
ofrete Giovanni Segantini, ell
pintor de la Epgadina, cuyos
cuadros representando escenas
de la vida alpha llamaron du
rante algunos amos la atencion
de toda Europa. Segantini vi
via con su familia en- los Alpes,
en- medic de la nieve y bajo tenn
peraturas verdaderamente po-
lares. Mas ie una vez, pintan-
do en- los picos mas elevados, Sc
VIC andonado hasta de sus
feles perros de San Bernardo a
los que ahuyentaba un frio dc
20 grades baJo cero; y el segula
trabajando hasta que los colores
Sc helaban y los pelos del p1ncel
Sc volvian rigidos como pnas de
acerO.
Asi pinto su cuadro para la
Exposition de Paris de 1900. Un
dia, cuando 10 estaba terminals.
do, sintio sed y bebio un POGO
de nieve derretlda. Inmediata-
mente sc sinti6 acometido de
dolores extranos Un pastorci-
llo que le acompaflaba bajo al
vale en- busca de auxlliO; pero
cuando lego este, va era tarde;
los medicos solo sirvieron para
trasladar su domiciliO EN- la
misma montana al artlsta ago.
nizante. Ell cuadro terminado
era tambien profetico: sc llama
ba LA Muerte.'
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-01-25
YALE JUNIORS ..* y.
PROMENADE DANCE



Continued from First Page.)
dress suits will have to be repaired be-
fore they will again be presentable. It
was all taken good naturedly, however,
and everybody was finally accommodate
ed. fC' -,'
Hidden behind banks of palms and
ferns on each side of the arraory Colts
band of Hartford and Wells orchestra
Of this city rendered a most inspiriting
programme of thirty-six dances as fol-
lows: ',.:
TWo-STEPS.
Yankee Land. -, -"
h Teasing.
The Goo Goo Man. -, .
Babes in Toyland. T.
Down the Field. =.
Steel King.
Veritas.
Alexander.
Semper F'idelis.
Pro Yalensi.
Second Regiment.
Good Bye Little Girl.
Boola.
My Little Canoe.
Dixie Land.
Al Bit O. Barney.
African Dreamland.
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o'Brien, C. ". Goodyear, jr., H. F.
Ferry, a. II. Terry.
Box XXI, 19O6-Miss Wainwright,
of Philadelphia. Miss Lyon of Meriden,
Miss Louise TwicheIl of Hartford, Miss
Young OF Philadelphia, Mrs. Jonathan
CONTINUED on Fifth Page).
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ed criticism. 1t is the finest and purest
vanilla extract that can be bought.
Once tried, always used.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-01-25

LAXATIVE BRoMo aUININE.
remember the full name; e5 cts
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WALTzES.

Red Feather. -
The TWO Roses.
Eternelle Ivresso. -.
Southern Roses.
The Tenderfoot.
Amoureuse.
Isle Of Spice.
Maid and Mummy.
Blue Danube.
Blue Danube.
Valse Bleue.
Wedding Sounds
Woodland.
Maid Marian.
Sho Gun.
Piff, Paff, Pouff.
April Showers.
Auf Wiedersellen.
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When the last number hat Been
danced and the orchestra broke into
tbs familiar strains of "Home, Sweet
Home the last prom. girl and her es-
cort reluctantly left the hall, and when
the carriages had rolled homeward up
Meadow street, the Yale promenade of
1905 was but memory, long to live in
the hearts of those who had been for
tunate enough to attend.
The committee in charge of one of the
most successful proms. ever given was
composed of Bruce D. Smith, chairman;
Grosvenor O.. Ely, J.. G. Magee, d. A.
Magee. w. S: Moorehead, j. E. Owsley,
S. Turner, E. White, H. LeR. Whitney
and H. r. Wilson.
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back Of petted cat, or on n rubbed
glass or gutta percha rod, or at the
fingers ends of a person who has Wig
orously shunlcd his feet over dry
carpet. Sparks can often be drawn
from swiftly moving belts on machln.
cry, and in weaving and spinning
processes the hbcrs sometimes accum.
ulatc troublesome electric charges
A method known az the Chapman proc.
ess has been devised for ncutrnlizlng
the static electricity generated In cot.
ton and paper mills, printing press
rooms and other places. 1t consists
of transformer stepping up an alter
mating current to 10000 or 10000 volts
and an inductor composed Of fine tel
wires encased In hard rubncr, and ar
ranged with its points placed above
the web or other object In which the
static electricity Is to be neutralizal
Charges passing from the points pro.
duCc the desired effect
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some needless killing. 1t was the pur.
pose of the delegates to tell me Pres
ident that the bloodshed had been due
to zeal. and that Inc man had moth
er and family.
Il had previously investigated the
case and had laid the facts before Mr..
Lincoln. He agreed with me that the
man should be made an example of
and executed. | received the delega-
ton, and to relieve the President from
the pain the visit would cause him at
time when it was necessary to spare
him in every possible way, I told them
that the President had positively made
up his mind not to interfere, and was
eagrossed in very important matter
that made it impossible for him to be
seen.
II stood guard, and at last the dele
cation went away. Afterward l told
the President of their visit.
Well he said. with an almost
lmperceptible sigh. I suppose you did
right. The man ought to hang. but
he has a family. | believe that If
had met those people l should have
signed an order for pardon"
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Georlte's Revenge,

\ certain butcher in village IN the
north of England was standing before
the shop Of Geordic. the baker, whose
loaves OF bread were rather smnll
when Geordie came up the street.
Just been In your shop, Geordle. buy.
In a loaf" said the butcher Where
is III" asked Geordle. "ln my waist
coat pocket" said the butcher. 10
more was said, but Geordlc thought for
long time how he could pay the
butcher back In his own coin 4 few
days later, rs he stood before the
butchers shop. an idea came to him.
Meeting the butcher on his way home
from market. Geordle said: Been In
your shop buyn' calf's head
Where Is It" asked the butcher. I'm
der my hat" said Geordie. with an an,
Initiating look.
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The British are about to begin the
construction of the largest heaviest
most powerful and most costly battle
ship ever built, and intend 10 have
the pennant flying from ner mast with
in sixteen months after the date on
which the first keel plates are laid
This fnvincibe and invulnerable war
vessel is to be named Dreadnought,
and the British admiralty has designed
her to be capable of equaling her
name. She will mount more heavy
guns than any two batteships now
ahoat; will be able to withstand an
attack from a submarine, and If she
happens TO touch off a floating mine
Will be able to continue afoat until
a port is reached. In addition to these
enviabe virtues, the Dreadnought will
also have great speed, and, If she
wants to turn tail" her engines de
veloping a speed OF 81 knots an hour,
will enable her to outdlstance any too
pressing foe. Even If overtaken. the
very thick armor plating will enable
her TO stand unusual punishment, and
for dealing with torpedo boats she will
have small battery of onepounders
and sixpounders She will also be
armed with torpedo tubes but Will be
unique in having no secondary bat
terry.
No details OF the armor to be placed
on the Dreadnought have been given,
but it is known that she will be the
most completely armored ship afoat.
Her armor alone will weigh about s.
GOO tons. In gunpower the Dread
nought Is designed to be the most for
midable warship ever seen No bat
tleshlp in the world to-day carries
more than four l2-inch guns, but the
Dreadnough will mount no fewer than
ten, or two and half times as many
as any ship afloat. This enormous bat.
terry of l2-inch rifles will have n com.
bined muzzle energy OF 10000 foot.
tons. Each of these big guns will
throw a shell weighing $50 pounds. the
combined battery being able to throw
over four tons OF projectlles Mt one
discharge. The Dreadnought will be
able to throw this immense weight of
metal n distance of five or six miles.
Mt which range the shells would pierce
the armor Of practically any battleship
a1Oat
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this type, and they were regarded rs
the finest afoat.
France at that time had fourteen
battleships, each of over 10000 tons
displacement the largest being the
Bouvet, of 12,205 tons. There are
now twenty-six battleships, each OF
more than 10000 tons, in the French
navy, the heaviest being the Demo
cratic class, now building. ships Of IA
60 tons. Italy, in 1898, had ten bat
tleships ranking above the 10000 ton
class, the heaviest being the Lepanto,
a 15,9O0-ton ship, built in 1883, and so
heavily armed and armored that she
almost found 1t difficult to get out OF
her own way. She is now ranked as
a second class battleship; but she Is
not considered fit to stand even in
that line. The Italia. sister ship TO
the Iepanto, was built in 1880 and
was for many years the largest bat
tleship ahoat She represents an early
attempt TO build monster battle
ship, but, apart from size. she has
never been considered at all formula
bic. Italy now has fourteen battle
ships, each over 10000 tons, the hcayi
est being the Regina Marghcrta 10,
1914 tons.
In 1898 the United States and Cor
many were equal as to battleships OF
over 10000 tons. Each had -four, the
United States had the heaviest ship
In the Iowa. OF / $40 tons. Germanys
four were uniformly 10000 tons. Now
Germany has eighteen heavy battle
ships, and six building. The United
States has twelve, with thirteen build
ing and two projected. The heaviest
German battleships to-day are her II,
o07 ton class; the heaviest in the Uni
ted States Is the Connecticut class,
10000 tons
The wars of the United States with
Spain and Japan with Russia have not
been without their lessons to the naval
powers, and the tendency is to build
larger and heavier battleships. so that
they may carry more tremendous bat
terics The determination 10 build
these enormous ships was arrived at
only after considerable discussion II
was thought 10y some naval construC
tors that more units, each of consid-
cradle power, were 70 be desired above
a few battlcshjps of the greatest
! power.
II was thought that the Dreadnought
would be the last word in warship
construction for many years, but now
It appears that Japan is to build three
battleshps OF 10000 tons each. Cor
many is reported TO be considering a
20,O00ton wnrshp, and France next
year is to lay down one Of 2O.5OO tons.
Perhaps the contest will end In uni
versn pence. for there Is n limit to
battleshlp construction and If It is
not reached in the DrcadnOucht, II ut
least must be near.
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FR-EEEs4}----&R
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pose your chief cashier is made of
levers and sprockets and your conf
dental clerk is driven by main
spring."
We'll. | think there are cog wheels
and spacing gears in them, too" said
the new manager. Now, here is the
book typewriter, with which we keep
in our firm. We only use pens here
as pipe cleaners. You lay the book on
the table so, draw the machine over
1t, and make your entries clearly and
neatly.
But bound books are now out Of
date. The loose leaf book is the mod.
ern idea. DR. and CIR. sheets are of
different colored papers, and the
leaves can be removed and relnscrted
III the binder at n moments notice"
Then all you have to do is to cast
up the figures" said the old merchant.
Pardon me, we do nothing of the
kind With calculating machines that
will tell you in ten seconds what
9,75G.S34 multiplied by 45G,S73
amounts to, and which will extract
the square root Of S7,S67,901 with a
few turns of handle, the human
brain becomes too slow for practical
purposes.
Now, If you will look at this 'Arith-
mometer' for a moment, you will sec
that all you have to do is to place the
pointers at the figures which you wish
to multiply. subtract from or add to-
gether, then turn this handle, and the
result will appear in that row of
spaces at the top"
An office boy now came up and re
ported that the two thousand letters
had left the office at $50
1T seems to me that brains are
quite obsolete" said the antediuvian
merchant
And that is the biggest mistake Of
ALL" returned the Notwithstanding
manager. brains are what we want,
and all we want. We are freed OF the
old grinding routine that business men
we have time to think Our clerks
have shorter hours and are better
paid but those we do employ have
brains, otherwise we should have no
use for them.
NO, brains are not at a discount,
but brainlcss handwork is "--Montreal
Star
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Pule.:F,&Sence.


The hay fever serum or pollantinc
Of DR. Dunbar of Hamburg is shown
to have proven very effective. Having
first proven that hny fever Is due to
The pollen poison from grasses, ce-
reals and other plants, the investigator
sought preventive by repeated vac
cination Of animals with the poison Of
pollen The antitoxin thus produced
in the blood serum neutrallzes the
poisonous effect of pollen in the eyes
and nose. The serum is not injected
under the skin. like others, but simply
applied to nose and eyes.
The precision Of modern observa-
tons brings to light unexpected facts.
At the Paris Observatory Jean Mas.
cart has noticed that the surface of a
thin layer Of mercury Is not plane, but
undulated like water disturbed by the
plunge of stone and has also detect
ed another movement that proves TO
be a true tide due to the sun and
moon. The measurements have been
made repeatedly during the month
ment The tidal motion is slight, but
greater than the possible errors.
The "auxetophone" is an attachment
for reinforcing the sounds given forth
by monographs and gramophones, m
vented by Mr.. c. \. Parsons. the IN
ventor OF the steam turbine and Mr.
Horace Short. A small valve OF pc
culiar construction controls the I'D
mission into the trumpet of com
pressed air supplied from a pump or
bellows. The action OF the appa IN tus
Is compared In the Scientific American
to that OF an air relay, whereby not
only are greater power AMI volume i'm
parted to the sounds, but the full
ness and richness OF tone are height
ened. 1t Is said that on calm day
the auxetophone can be heard distinct
~ ut n distance OF two or three miles,
and that In speech every word may
be clearly distinguished AK much as
800 yards away.
Everybody has noticed how friction
generates electricity, whether on the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-10-12
OFFICE MORk By
&EGN1kaa Il MACAMyWERy

machine" said the new manager re-
morselessly. Now in your day one
office boy using single tongue power
would probably stick down about forty
envelopes in an hour. This little ma
chine seals nine thousand in that time.
You see, it Is quite small. You just
put the pile of letters In at the top and
turn this handle. Then the letters
now typed, duplicated, addressed and
sealed by machinery fall out on the
table. Oh! l wouldn't try to count
them. 1t might strain your arithme-
tic to keen pace with the machine"
The rotary duplcator and the "Ad-
dressograph" were still working mer-
rily. Would You like to see the other
things" asked the new manager.
Now this machine" he said. NOV
ing over to another instrument in a
neat-looking case, mot only prints let
ters in exact imitation Of typewrting
but it also prints a different name and
address on each and adds a perfect
imitation of your signature In black
ink at the bottom"
II begin to feel very old" said the
former owner Of the business II sup
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A Mark of Distinction,

A short while ago a certain we'll
known country magistrate who Is
blessed with tremendous head of
hair, which Is generally in n state of
wild disorder, was questioning n
youthful witness in order to make sure
that he comprehended the chara cter
and Importance of the oath he was
about to take. Boy" he said. In
his severest magstcrial manner, do
you feel sure you could identify me
after six months? Now, be careful
think Before you speak" Well your
honor" replied the boy, after n pro-
longed survey of the magistrates port
ly figure and rugged features, II ain t
sure, but I think | could If you wasn't
to comb your hair.'
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Blaine a Great Sneaker.

James G. Blaine was a most versa.
tile political orator He would speak
many times day from one train,
which stopped at every important
place, and have something new to say
each time He carefully thought up
his speech between stations after O.
brief talk with the committee of the
town he was coming to, and then cor
rected Immediately afterward the
notes which were taken by his own
stenographer. He said to me in the
campaign of 1854:
Il want you to introduce me all
through New York, because You are
always sure-f footed"
appreciated the compliment as well
as the difficulties of the situation. l
introduced him at Yonkcrs, Tarrytown,
Sing Sing. and he said What is the
next place." l said 'Peekskill"
What IS there to Peekskill?" he asked.
I told him was born there. Why"
said Blaine, Il have always thought
you were born at Poughkeepsie." l
had some difficulty of convincing him
of his mistake.
When we arrived at Peekskill there
was an immense crowd which had
come in from twenty-five to thirty
miles around. AS | stepped forward
to introduce him, with great dramatic
effect he pushed me back and said:
no. no, fellow citizens, let me do the
introducing here. AS | have passed
up and down your noble Hudson upon
its unequalcd floating palaces fcr the
past twenty-five years, | have felt the
inspiration of its scenery, made famous
by the genius of Irving, but the deep
est and tenderest emotions possessed
me when the steamer was opposite
Peekskill, for said. there. there
was born my oldest and best friend,
Chauncey Depew."
He was capable of an equally sud
den grasp of situations where the oc-
casion was much more serious
Senator Depew. in Leslie's Weekly.