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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10
InEIsyltEinO 4 los Ag'icdtaa

"EL TEsoRo DEL CAMPO" es el ira
taio mas complete que sc ha escrto
para los hacendados, jsrdineros, hor
telanos, arbolistas V ganaderos.
Con Eel TESORO DEL CAKPO" nC
hay nunca perdidas para el agricultoI
nj para el ganadero
Es una exposition completa de los
metodos de cultivos modernos Y dis
tintos aprovechap1eptos de Ia terra
asi como de todo 70 ,eferente Ia cria
y multiplication del ganadb. ;.
Consta el libro de dos tomos ele-
gantemente encuadernados y esta de
veuta en- Ia liberia del BoLETIN.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10

Despues de p-obar todos los engasio-
SOS remedies que sc anuucian es
cuando ms Sc agradece la efcscia
RADICAL del Digestive MojarrietA,
cuya supe rioridad cst4 universal
mente onhrmada.
Curaciones desesperadas en- perso-
mas bien conocidas que 10 tomaron du-
rante tres meseS son las que 10 han
necno glorioso, pero un solo estuche
produce mejor efecto que una docena
de frascos de cualquier otro remedio;
porquc adem .sde ser Ell unico verda-
dero Curative radical del estomago y
del intestine. sin engafiosa accion cal
mante, es Digestive y Purihcador dc
los alimentos.
! Sc debe exigir que cada hostia ten
ga grabado ell nombre Digestive Moja-
rriAta
Deposito g~ne~aa en- has Farmaciaslde
Ramon Almazany Fidel Guillermety,
San Juan de Pnerso Rico, y de venta en-
las pfincipales DGogueria de Europa y
America.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10
LEYES 0E PUERTO RICO
ultiusas edsciones

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Lcyes \ Resoeeagnes oe laaa
con eNccnasn slc IA 'e I CIV { 3
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oon laslassos &c j. "a . -
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codi, ,oS penaly &C En.r:ei .n..e.-.
TO Criminal. ON apenc.Ie., -
IN volgmcn ..........,.+-.- a.n
Coiiso de En'aicia 80 Cs..'.
con Appendices (. E 4 GsS;sl-
~ del -. Diaz ]. ..:o. x
Lev electoral -. ...........15 e,,s
Arancel de i'ucrto-k RICO. cor re
gistro 6 ind.ce de par.idas.
FL franqueo por cIeata c. .os 'ute
resa dos.
De venta en- el pLoLTi..
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10
FORTUNA QUE TUvIERoN UNos NlUFRAGOS
DE ENCONTRAR la GOLETA

En- la Nancha, el equinoccio anuncia pronto. por
estrecho que opone obs zcuos al viento lie
irrita. Desde e de Febrero comienzan los ventos
de Oese, sacudiendo Ell aqua todas drecciones, 10
eual hace que la navegacon resute nsesura; los
hos man el pao de sefal preocupan de los buques
que pueden estar peigro
La parece como aeecho Un carfn invisj-
bic lanza inexpcabes de guerra Furiosas
grandes bocanadas de vento revueven ell horizon
te: el viento terrible La sambra silva sopla En-
la proundad de las nubes hincha sus carrlos la negra
fax de la tempesad.
Ell viento peligro; IL niebla otro.
En- odo tempo han sdo temidas las nieblas por los
navegantes EN- certas neblas hAllanse suspension
prismas microscopes de hslo los cuales Mariotte
atrbuje los hsos les parelos las paraselenes. Las
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10
La Ultima obra de Altamira
En- Ia libreria del BoIETIN sc ha re

En- la libreria del BoLETIN sc ha re-
cibido la Ultima interesante produc
cion del ilustre Y genial Altamira.
Sc tjtula "Psicologia y Literature
y es la par que un monumento de
erudicion. I'm modelo de critica elevada
y dogmatica.
Ell Sr. Altamira examina en- su nue
vo libro toda la literature espafiola de
los lltimos afIos csyendo bajo la &C
cion de su escalpelo los mas ilustres
escritores modernos, incluso Perez
Galdos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10

"Ganaras ell pan. -" Asf ha titula-
do su delici "a novela Pedro Mata.
"Ganaras el pan. -. responde por
complete a la originalidad del titulo
Descripciones maravillosas, inspiradas
escenas dc un interes creciente, avasa-
llador, aniqulante.
La lectufa de algunos capitulos pro-
ducc fiebre, enervamiento.
Vive Ell lector Ell el bale de masca-
cas-, descrito, fotograhado. con exacti-
tCd rara.
Es un libro legitimamente famoso.
En- Ia libreria del BOLETIN MERCAN.
TIL 50 vend Ia novela de Pedro Mata
A sEsENTA CE>TAvos el ejemplar sin
franqueo Este vale diez centavos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10

Henos recibido un ejemplar del TO-
lleto inforne al pueblo de San Juan
presentado por el alcalde del mismo
don Roberto II. TODD, correspondent
tie al Ter. semestre del afio economico
actual.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10

ARITMET1cA - Sc desea comprar
un tratado de Aritmetica y Algebra
de autor Moya. Sc pagara buen
precio. Dirigirse 4 Manuel Boaets,-
apartado III, San Juan.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10

Esta mafIana han salido para su re-
sidencia de Fajardo el doctor don Joss
Antonio Vazquez y su bella Y distin-
guida esposa dona Argelita Aboy. am
bos estimados amigos nuestros.
tellz viaie les deseamos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10

Para cubrr las cedulas del empires
tito del acueducto y deuda flotante DEF
Municipio Sc destinaron $38I7o7 ,6S de
los 5000 600 del emprestito realizado
por el Municipjo de esta Capital y con
destino d obras municipales $2IS.2o7. 81.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10

Sc ha cancelado el titulo de maestro
rural don Jovito S. Odel, por de
mente.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10

Ell acueducto de San Juan ha produ-
cido en- Ell primer semestre del a1o
S24S44 Is siendo los gastos por perso-
nal y combustible $7.74S, 27.
La re c1araci6n de Ia maquinaria y
del tanque drp6sito lllego 4 $4.475.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10

Nuestro amigo q joven comercian-
tie de Yauco don Santiago Vivaldi Sc
encuentra en- esta Capital y hemos te-
nido Ell gusto de saludarle.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10

Ell guardia Collazo detiene en- Vega.
baja a Jose Oivo, por rapto y el guar
dia SotC, a Jose Santos por hurto de
dinero, recuperandose este
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10

Ha presentado la renuncla de 81
cargo el maestro de Yauco don Anto
MO Francisco Negroni.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10

LAS INDIGESTIONES Sc ALI
WAN INNEDIATAMENTE. con 10
mar sellos. y radicalnense sc suran
con un solo estuche del Digestive No
iarrieta; sin privarse de alimentos. Las
Dispepsias y Gastralgias, Sc curan con
tomar 3 estuches. Para curar ra-
dicalmente las mas graves enferme-
dades cronicas. CASTRO intestinales, sc
debe tomar durants I 6 4 mescs el
Digestive Mojarrieta. que es ell lnico
verdadero seInedio CASTRO intestinal
complete y radical. universalmente
eonhrmado superior a todos los otros
para curar las Intermediates del es-
t60>ago. -.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10

Las obligAciones que ell Ayunta-
miento de San Juan tiene peDdientes
de pago para Ell . 2 semestre del afio
actual suben q $2o4 o94,32. contando
con $223 ,oS4.47 para cubrirlas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10

FL capitdn de la policia insular, Jefe
del puesto de Cayey, nuestro amigo
don Miguel Hurtado Sc enouentra en-
esta Capital, habiende tenido el gusto
de saludarlo
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10

A.o> senorc> don Jose Csrfasquillo '
don Antonio Roig han sido aprobadoS
por NJ Faikncr como MEN bros De
laS laat@> eScolareS de liumacao '
Ysuco respcc;ivameniC
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10

La senores Eugai hernsnoS. de
Gurabo. solici,~n del Comisionado de
interior autoriyaci6n para cruzsr con
una via portaiil. 4 TN de carsar cafia
por cl camino dc Casuas Gur2bo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10

FL sabado proximo SC veriticarlr
los examenes para cubrir las rs beca!
de eStudisnteS de Agricultural
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10

Sc necesita TN buen pro,scolista
Iniormaran en- el BuIFTlN.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10

- vrnae - caxs R6rnere - se -
caile az Tcsasn.
Para lnfosmeS. dirgirse al scAos
Reyes peas. forialcz@ s..
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-10

LAS MISMAS OBRAS EN-
PASTA ESPANOLA 4 1925 TONIC.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-05-11
surma,. Monster Cigars.

One of the curiosities of Burma Is
4 cigar of monstrous and alarming ap-
pearance, which every one smokes
from an early age. THE indigenous
article is a monster eight inches long
writes V. C. Scott O'Connor in his
book. "The Silken East" 1T consists
ST chopped wood, tobacco, molasses
ind various herbs wrapped In the sil-
ser white skin Of a bamboo. So wide
In diameter is it that it completely
ills up the mouth of any young damsei
who tries to smoke 1t. For presentation
purposes this long cheroot is~ often
wrapped at one end in a coat Of purple
or gold paper. 1t accumulates for
midable mass Of fire at the lighted end
and requires some skill in the smok-
ing. But the Burr1an infant acquires
this skill before he can walk and
while he is still at the breast. No one
thinks Of smoking such cigar
through. Two or three long puffs, the
lips of the smoker thrust out to meet
the circle Of the cigar, and 1t Is put
down or passed on to some good fei-
low sitting by"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-05-11
From, Far and Near.

Venice. Italy. is to try municipal own
ership of its gas plant. The municipal
council has So decided.
Dallo Piang. Il Moro chief. has sent
the President fine collection of native
weapons as a token of loyalty.
A resolution will be offered in the Ten
nessee Senate asking the consent of Con-
cress to create a new State of East Ten
neSSee.
Rawley d. Evans, son of President
Evans of Wells. Fargo e Co. who was
young athlete of promise. is dead in New
York from cerebral hemorrhase.
The quarterly report Of the board of
control of the endowment rank. Knights
of Pythias, shows total resources of more
than 81 100000. which is SS6S,OO in ex-
cess of liabilities.
George McMahon of Westfield and Jo-
seph Barrett of Manchester. Conn, were
found burned to death in the ruins of
shanty occupied by an Italian known as
Johnny George" in Otis, Mass.
After controlling the affairs of the
united street railways of San Francisco
for three years, the New York banking
house of Brown Brothers & Co.. it is re-
ported, will relinquish the management
in favor of Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co.
of New York.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-05-11

critical condition at the hospital, sur
geons almost despairing of his recov-
cry.
At the request of the attorneys for
the Employers Association and the
seven express companies, cOmplainants
in injunctional proceedings against the
striking teamsters before Judge Kohl
saat, Master in Chancery Sherman
issued notices and subpoenas for all of
the men named in the eight injunction-
al orders.
The business men Wednesday after
noon decided upon an appeal to Gov
ernor Charles S. Deneen to order OUT
the troops, and the Mayor prepared a
request to Sheriff Barrett to swear in
probably 1900 addiho deputy sher-
ifs to supplement the efforts of the
police.
The climax of the rioting which
forced the employers to act was a
murderous attack with revolvers made
in an attempt to murder United States
Express Company guards. 1t empha-
sized Wednesday the degree of venom
that has developed in Chicago's great
transfers strike. From hours befO e
dawn all through the day there was
terrific rioting. in which more than a
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-05-11

score OF men were injured, some of
them perhaps fatally. In downtown
streets, and both south and west, there
were furious battles in which many
shots were fired.
The express companies called upon
the government to protect their wag-
ons, which carry money 10 the sub
treasury. The local subtreasury Off
cials thereupon notified Washington.
In turn Secretary of War Taft ordered
the commandant at Fort Sheridan to
furnish army wagons and troops to
guard them, when called upon.
The Employers Teaming Company.
after securing a sweeping injunction
against interference from United
States Judge Kohlsaat, prepared to
take over the teaming business of ev-
cry industry as it is affected by the
strike. All State street department
stores suspended delivery, and the
Employers Teaming Company imme-
diately arranged to lease their wagons
and begin their hauling.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-05-11
A Tale Of sunsrine:

Oakley, Mich, May S.5Special.)-'"i
could not sleep or rest in any place"
says Florence Capen Of this place in 4
recent interview, Il had pain in my
back and hips. If 1 sat down l could
not get up out of my chair. 1 was in
pain all the time. l got poor for l did
not eat enough to keep small child.
I could not rest nights.
''Then 1 sent for a box of Dodd's 3
Kidney Pills and went to taking them
and what do you think that very night
1 went to bed and slept till morning.
I got up and thanked God for the
nights rest and Dodd's Kidney Pills.
1 know that Dodd's Kidney Pills are all
that is claimed for them."
This is only one of the numerous ex-
periences that show the way to build
up run down people is to cure the kid
neys. Thousands Of people in every
State bear witness to the fact that
Dodd's Kidney Pills never fail to cure
the kidneys.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-05-11
DES GZAa;&{l5RS
sa1yAs& ~

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
s4.00 to $3.50: hogs, prime heavy,
S4.OO to $5.45; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, Ole to 95c;
corn, No. 2, 4Ic to 49c: oats, standard,
27c to 29c; rye, No. 1, 1Sc to 74c; hay,
timothy, $3.50 to $3.50; prairie, $500 to
S11.O0; butter, choice creamery, 22c to
24c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 15c; potatoes,
1Sc to 25c.
dianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500 TO
$6.4O; hogs, choice heavy, $4.OO to $40;
sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. z, Ole to 93c; corn, No. .
white, 47c to 4Sc; oats, No. 2 white,
29c to 31c.
st. Louis-Cattle. $3.50 to S5.S5: hogs,
S4.OO to $5.25; sheep, $500 to S5.25;
wheat, No. 2, 90c to 9Sc; corn, No. 2,
Acc to 4Sc; oats, No. 2, &c to 29c; rye,
No. =. 70c to re.
Cincinnati-Cattle, S4OO to $500:
hogs, $500 to $40; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2, 96c to yoc; corn.
No. 2 mixed, 4Sc to 49c; oats, No. .
mixed, 29c to soc: rye, No. 9, SOC to
S3c
Detroit-Cattle. $3.50 to $3.50; hogs.
S4.OO to S5.4O; sheep, $3.50 to S5.15:
wheat, No. 2. 99c to S1.OO; corn, No. 3
yellow, 4Sc to 49c; oats, No. 3 white.
:52c to 33c: rye, No. ., S3c to SIC.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No.. 2 northern.
96c to $1.OO; corn, No. 3, 45c to 47c;
oats, No. white, 30c to Gle; rye, No. 1,
tic to 7Sc; barley, No. 2, SOC to SIC;
pork, mess, S11.S5.
Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed, 99c to
S1.01; corn, No. 2 mixed, 4Sc to Soc:
oats, No. mixed, SOC to 32c; rye, No. 2.
Sic to SIC; clover seed, prime, $S.75.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers.
$4OO to $6.65; hogs, fair to choice, 81. .OO
to S54O; sheep. fair to- choice, $3.50 to
S475; lambs, fair to choice, $500 to
$50.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $685.:
hogs. S4.OO to S5.75; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 9Oc to Ole:
corn, No. 2, 53c to Doc; oats, natural,
white. Soc to 36c; butter, creamery, 25c
to 27c: eggs. western, 15c to 1Sc
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-05-11
InterestinS New, Items.

A telegram from Chengtu, China
states that the Chinese Amban who ne
gotiated the Anglo-Tibetan treaty with
Col. Younghusband has been massacred
together with his retinue, at BatOng, by
Tibetans.
The Department of Justice has ap.
piled for mandate from the Supreme
Court of the United States for the i'm
mediate surrender of George W. Beavers
indicted in Washington for completely in
the postal frauds, to answer to a charge
of bribery.
w. w. B. McInnes, member of tine
British Columbia Legislature for AL
berta has been appointed governor OF
the Yukon territory, with residence at
Dawson. at 4 salary of $4,000 year.
The Supreme Court of Montana has
upheld the contention of f. Augustus
HeiEze as to the business of his claim
TO control of the Minnie Healy copper
mine, one of the richest in the State.
]. 7. Cavanaugh, a bricklayer from
st. Louis. emptied a revolver into a
group of brick masons at Hot Springs,
Ark. John Madigan of Clinton. Mass,
was instantly killed. The trouble arose
over differences in bricklayers' union mat
tiers. Cayanaugh is in Jail.
Thomas w. Lawson of Boston. with
others. has been sued for SSS6,O00, a
claim of Fl. B. Runkle of New York,
who wants an accounting of several min
ing companies.
Joseph Burtis Hustled. once a wealth.
Wall street broker, is dead at city
hospital on Wards Island, New York
For a year past he had lived at cheap
hotel, maintaining himself by dealing in
secondhand watches.
The wool clips of William Fergus &
Seas, Fergus Bros, and the Fergus
Land and Live Stock Company. aggre-
eating 100000 pounds. have been sold
to a Boston firm for % cents a pound,
the record for several years.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-05-11

a battlefield Tuesday, resulting in foul
men being shot down and nearly forty
| others being more or less severely in.
jured. 1t was the first day of actual
terror since the teamsters' strike be
gan, and it spread so rapidly and with
such spontaneity that before noon the
police had been overwhelmed in thei1
efforts to prevent the hundreds OF in.
dependent drivers imported into the
city from being beaten or to prevent
the Independent workers, frightened
out of their wits by mob attacks, from
drawing revolvers and magazine pis.
tolls and shooting at their tOrmenters.
The most furious clashes came at
Harrison street and Wabash avenue,
Congress street and Wabash avenue,
West Jackson boulevard and ualsted
street and Market and Madison streets.
In each of these encounters many
shots were fired and three or four men
were shot so severely that the recOv-
cry of one is considered impossible.
The kingpin of it all, from the en-
ployers' side, was Frank Curry, whose
reputation as strike breaker is ma
tional. Curry had come boasting what
ne intended to do, and he found big
task cut out for him. He seemed to
be everywhere at once directing the
hundreds of Independent men he had
brought into the city or found ready to
help him when he arrived.
Independent teamsters tried, for the
first time, to avoid the use of firearms
when the days work began, but soon
found that with the big hickory pick
handles, with which their employers
had provided them, they were unable
to withstand the attacks made by the
mobs, with threw missiles of all kinds.
Their appeal for permission to carry
revolvers having been denied by the
chief of police, they procured revol-
vers anyway and made ready to shoot.
1t required little provocation to cause
the colored men to use their revolvers
and magazine pistols, and soon there
was shooting in nearly every part Of
the business district.
The employers Tuesday assumed a
more decidedly hostile front and be-
gan taking aggressive action. Hun
dreis of Independent workmen are be-
ing brought to Chicago
Four hundred and fifty strike-break-
ers were sworn in as special police
men to guard the wagons Of the EN-
ployers' Teaming Company. These
men, with all the power conferred by
law on special policemen, and heavily
armed, accompany other strike break
ers and use force to protect them as
we'll as to protect the wagons of other
concerns than the Employers Teaming
Company.
Mayor Dnnne ordered Chief O'Neill
to draw 900 special policemen from the
civil service commission list
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-05-11
COFFEE HEART
Very Plain in Some People.

very ram IN some feOples
A great many people go ON suffering
from annoying ailments for a long
time before they can get their own
consent to give up the indulgence from
which their trouble arises.
A gentleman in Brooklyn describes
his experience, as follows:
II became satisfied some months ago
that 1 owed the palpitation of the
heart, from which l suffered almOSS
daily, to the use of coffee q had been
coffee drinker for 80 years., but
found it very hard to give up the bev.
erage.
Il realized that l must give up the
harmful indulgence in coffee, but I
felt the necessity for hot table drink,
and as tea is not to my liking. l was
ar a loss for while what to do.
"One day l ran across very sem
sible and straightforward Presentation
OF the claims Of Postum Food Coffee,
and was so impressed thereby that I
concluded to give it a trial My ex-
perience with 1t was unsatisfactory
till l learned how it ought to be pre-.
pared-by thorough boiling for not
less than Is or 20 minutes. After 1
learned that lesson there was no trou-
BILE. Postum Food Coffee proved to
be most palatable and satisfactory
hot beverage, and l have used it ever
since.
The effect on my health has been
most salutary. 1t has completely cured
the heart palpitation from which
used to suffer so much. particularly
after breakfast, and l never have re-
turn of it except when 1 dine or lunch
away from home and am compelled to
drink the old kind of coffee because
Postum is not served find that
Postum Food Coffee cheers and invig.
crates, while it produces no harmful
stimulation" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Greek. Mich
There's a reason.
Ten days trial proves an eye opener
to many.
Read the little book The Road ~.
Wellvills" In every pkg.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-05-11
MOTHER OF PEARL INLAip.

Infinite Art Displayed by Nature OF
French Tonquin Town.
The sole curiosity for sightseers in
the city Of Hanoi, town of the
French Tonquin, is the industry Of in
laying mother-of-pearl in precious
woods. In fact, one street, called the
Street Of the Inlayers, is given up to
the trade. The workmen are genuine
artists, combining artistic conception
with great manual skill. Furnished
with rude tools, but with great pa
tience and skill, these workmen pro-
duce articles Of great beauty:
They have applied the principle OF
division Of labor, or specialization, to
their work. The cabinet-makers first
put together the various parts of the
materials to be incrusted. The joining
Is done without the aid of nails and
with nice system Of dovetailing and
use Of paste, Of which lacquer is the
base. From this cabinet-maker the
wood passes into the hands of the de-
signer, who makes sketches for its or
namentation on rice paper.
These designs are transferred to the
wood by the inlayer. whose duty it is
to choose the pearl that will best servo
to bring out the beauty of the design.
The mother-of-pearl is obtained from
d large species of shellfish called
easque, caught chiefly upon the shores
Of the island Of Poulo-condar.
The inlayer cuts the pieces of pearl
into little bits and chooses the cOmhis-
nation Of colors which will make the
contrast necessary for the artistic sue
cess of his work. The iridescence is
heightened by the use of pearl dust
furnished by Find Of mussel taken
from the brooks of that region. When
the bits of mosaic are chosen the in;
layer tries to give. them the form OF
the design chosen and disposes them
as a mosaic in the wood. The crude
morsel is made translucent by pumice
stone. The pearl is then fixed in
wise and the labor Of patience begins.
Kneeling before the wise he shapes
the piece with a file no larger than an
ordinary color crayon. When the pearl
is shaped it is necessary to trench it in
the wood. This is ordinarily done by
children IA or 10 years OF age. The
bits Of pearl are then set in the
grooves and fixed with paste. The
whole is gently heated to melt the
paste and so fill the interstices. The
design is then polished. vanished and
given the finishing touches The work
has been counterfeited, but never sue.
cessfully.