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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1906-10-23

No le importa & este compatriota cuan.
do sea el dia de la redenci6n de su patria;
declina senalar la fzcha de ese gran dia 8
mostrar al menos int6res por conocerIa;
como para dar una formula general de las
ideas que 6l ha consentido en- su prenaa,
que 81 ha permitido que su prensa formu-
le, que E. ha lefdo sin reoteeta en- So prem
SO, asi de este modo exclam6 el To- de Nc
vicmbre de 1908, en- el referido peri6dico...
ESQ de s'nuestro dereeho'' ea
nadsEca celestial con que Sc Uenan Ia
cabesa Jos poetas poLtticos de nuestra
terra que no ganaa para hacer ridt-
culoa..
Y como 81 tampoeo fuera bastante, auto
riz6 6l y el directOrio de que forma parte,
este gran chiste:
......Nuestro derecho ARRANCA
det Tratado de Parts..4...
81 Sc trata de cobrar los paTtidos 10
que su prensa dice, "a puede considerarae
el DR.. Barbosa inh6bil para Ia propagan-
De, pOrque todo 10 que 81 diga fu6 contra
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1906-10-23
MILRGROSO DESCUBRIMIENTO

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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1906-10-23

Sc dice defensor de los derechos del
pueblo y no inserta en- sus discursos aque-
LA pregunta que consinti6 en- la prensa de
su partido, que fu6 asf formulada: .-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
The Light Of the Sun.

From a comparison of the rela-
tive intensity OF solar. lunar and ar,
titiclal light, as determined BIZ Pro
fessors Euler and Wollaston. il an.
l'ears that the rays of the sun have
an illuminating power that is won.
dertul in the extreme. According
10 their deductions, the illuminat-
ing power OF the great day star" is
equal to that of 1900 candles at a
distance of one foot, or of $500. 000.-
OO0.000,0 900, 000,000.00O candles at
a distance of $4,000, 900 miles. From
the above figures ii follows that
The amount Of light which flows
from the solar orb could not be
produced by the daily burning of
200 globes of tallow, equal to the
earth in magnitude.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
Making a Name For Himself.

\ New York business man say.
that he once had in his employ as
Office boy lad named Magillicud-
dy. Naturally enough. this young
stcr received so many joking refer
cnces about his name from his fel-
low employees that he became ex-
tremely dissatisfied with il. SO
when he applied for place under
another employer in the building he
evidently decided TO hestow a new
name upon himself. When the man
10 whom he applied asked him his
name the boy replied:
Robert Recapitulauon."
That's an odd NAME" said the
man after having the lad repeat it
several times.
The boy looked surprised.
Haven't You heard of General Re
cap'tulation:' asked he.
No"
"Why. his name is in MI the re-
ports in Mr.. Blanks office. '-Wo-
mans Home Companion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
CLEAR YOUR MIND.
Get Rid 81 Unhsalshy Thoughts and
RaGiate Clscnesk-

We should he appalled, If We could
,ee pass before Ne IN vivid panorama
the wrecks caused IN q lifetime hy
truel thought. y stab here, a tArast
there. a malicious sarcasm, bi:ier
irony, ungenerous criticism, leai-
Gus, envious or revcngeful thought,
hatred AMI anger are ~ going on,
constantly from many a mind on
deadly missions.
Servants have actually been made
dishonest b. other persons perPet-
uaiiy holding the suspicion that they
were dishonest. This thought sug-
gesJs uI,nuuc-ty TO the suspected
pcrhap, for the first time and, be-
M constantly held, takes root and
grow, and bear, the fruit Of theft.
The old proverb, III you have the
name. Nou might "A, well have the
game i, put into action many
times. 1t Is simply cruel to hold "a
suspicious tho3ght of another until
YOU have positive proof That other
person. mind i, sacred. lou have
no right to invade il with your mis-
cradle thought, and picture, of sus-
picion.
Many people scatter fear thoughts,
doubt thou.hI,. failure thoughts,
Wherever They 20, and these take
root in minds that might otherwise
be free from them and therefore
happy. confident ana successful.
lie sure that when YOU hold an
evil. unhealthy, di,cordant, deadly
thought toward another something
j, wrong in your mind.
Learn 10 radiatc jor. not stingily
not mcanly. bat generously. Fling
out Your gladness without reserve.
shed it in the home. on the street.
en- the car, in the store, everywhere.
as the rose sheds lis beauty and
lives ont Il, fragrance. When we
learn that love thoughts heal. that
they carry hahn II wounds, that
iIoush,- 81 harmony, of beauty and
e trul always upiilt and ennoblc,
ihal the o.po lie carry death and
destruction and blight everywhere,
We shall learn the secret Of right
IAing.-SIrctss.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
THE BA6PlPE.
d Is the only ras'eai Ins;runsnt Dis
tnetly National.

NNF
The hscpipc al Scm'aul Is the
only mar. lnenl ol which /, mas 3"
faid that Il /, distinctly national.
i 20 violin. the ili;c. thu horn and
DINER iu.iFumcnIs are common 20
many rat."ns. hat the hagpIpc y pc
cJli.r Ia Scotland, ana. although 1t
does no, now oocupy the position ii
once did. it i found ~ no other
country.
In Inc DAYS when the notorious
Rob Eoy committed his depredl-
tionS. when the Nich Ian Nohr, lived
securely in their highland fast
ness and kcpt up their diniiied So
cial pn>iliOn--in the stirring times
of which Sir Walter Scott has told
u>--lhr la pipe PLAYER was one of
the important perSonagcs IN the
chiefiam'> reiinuc. and these may he
considered a. the palmy days of the
instrument.
Within the region more strictly
known as the highlands lis Shrill
note was the first sound that fell on
the ears nt infancy. II charmed the
rude taledonian> in times of JOY
and comlorlcd them IN scenes of
mourning. II animated their he
rocs in battle and welcomed them
back from their conflicts. and whcr-
ever their chiefs went ii accompa-
Mod them. even To the grave.
The effect of this wild instrument
on the highland soldiers j. marvel
ous. Above the rattle of musketry
and the turmoil ana roar of the bat
tleleld the inspiring notes of the
pibroch have spoken encouragement
to the highlanders and led them
bravely forward. At the battle of
Quebec, when the troops were re-
treating in disorder and the conflict
had n most discouraging aspect. the
general complaint was about the de-
moraliMtion in Frazer's corps.
"Sir." said an officer. YOU did
very wrong in forhiddlng the plperS
to play. Nothing inspirit, the high
lander. 80 much. Even now they
woald he of some use.
Let them blow, then" said the
general.
So the ripors started well known
air, and the high!anders rallied and
brayely returned TO the charge.
Some say that the hagpipc came
down from the Romans; Others. that
it came through the northern ma
tons of Scotland. ~ any rate, it
seems to have always been one of the
musical instruments Of the Celtic
race.
The pipe mentioned in ancient
history was simply what is known as
the shepherds reed. After time a
bag was added and subsequently the
droncs or burdens. There are four
forms Of the modern bagpipc-the
great highland bagpipc, which is
blown by the PLAYER. the drones be-
ing placed over the shoulder: the
lowland bagpipe, which is provided
with bellows for supplying the
wind: the Northumberland bagpipe.
which is smaller and swcctcr in tone
than the former two. and the Irish
bagpipc. which is much more COM
plicaled in.trnmenI.-St. .Iame,' Ca
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23

Nine. d Alherln, one Of the lesser
painters OF France, was as conccit-
ed about her artistic ability as she
was notorious Tor her excessive use
of cosmetics of all kinds. Her face
was Il study in enamel, rouge and
penciling. and the older she grew
the more pronounced ii became. On
one occasion a certain count. who
held her in much dlsestcem. lost a
bet 10 her.
And what will madame choose
he asked, with mock courtesy.
Something IN my art. ,he sim
percd. Something | can paint"
Very we'll, madame" he replied.
bowling himself ont.
\ day later madame received a
package from the count. which upon
being opened revealed life -izc
drawing of her own face in outline.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
An ApoIooy.

A man who has reputation for
being very careless as to his toilet
Was elected town clerk in one of the
small towns in his state, and the To-
cal paper thought it would be a
good joke TO announce that
Mr.. Makeup will wash himself
before he assumes the office of town
clerk.
On reading the notice Mr.. Make
up was furious and demanded re-
traction, which the paper accord
ingly made the following day in this
fashion:
"Mr. Makeup requests us to deny
that he will wash himself before he
assumes the office of town clerk"
And still Mr.. Makeup was not
pleased. How hard it is to satisfy
some people.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
Bad For His Business.

Mick o'Flannigan of Liverpool i;
all Irish gentleman who pursues III,
humble but useful occupation of 4
ragman. though at one time he
served her majesty in foreign parts
as soldier of the line. Mick is d
great orator i'll his way, frequently
addressing local meetings, at which
he generally draws upon his mill.
tary experience for appropriate il,
luslrations.
On one occasion he was endeay-
orlng to prove that even savage
state is better than the condition OF
Ireland.
Gentlemen" he exclaimed, 81
saw little children out in Africa
there. They had no clothes, it is
true. They were naked, but they
were free."
BAD place for a ragman, Nick.
shouted a small boy at the rear, and
the orator collapsed amid the laugh
ter Of the audience.-London Tele-
graph.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
The PORTLAND VASE.
4 Msstsrpises That Long Puzzled An
tiausrisns Of Esrore.

The workmanship ri the Port
hId vase aGd H. material al which
= i com su.cd lon- exercised the
l. -enulN ~ sonic OF the greatest
a.,iquanaus IN LGroIe. Brevai be-
ii,,ol II To- liz cha.,edony; Bartoli,
Auui iaucon and others, sar,lonyN
todnI Fen. amethyst; he la
,hadsse and Nilsson, agate. while
Nynu;i dcr.ded that IL was paste.
Mcdswood's examination OF the vast
proved the lat opinion 10 be the
,urrc,t onr. \ LAYER ul white gla :
had been lI-od on darA blue body,
The exquisite figures being after
Earl prndarcd in This LAYER by cut
t;ug down Ia line blue by the gem
rnSra,rr, after the manner of real
,amcos. NedgwoOd also discovered
that the vase had al some time been
broken and repaired. 1t was his opin-
ion that the head which formed the
bottom Of the vase was piece OF
some other work that had been cat
down and inserted in the place al
the original bottom. which had prob
ably been de>tro, ed al the time the
ya,e itself wa> broken.
liy the autumn of 1889 Wcdg-
wood, after many failures, had sue
cteded in his arluou> undertaking,
and the first perfect copy, made IN
the famous Jasper ware, was finish
cd. Several more copies were sub.
scquentl, made. though the exact
number does not seem al all certain
These were of various degrees OF
perfection and varied in size and
color Originally sold at from 80 Ia
80 guinea> each, according 10 excel
lrnce of finish. time has. Of course,
considerably enhanced their value,
and some wears ago, at the sale OF
the Marlineau collection. one sold
for 1924.
7 In 1910 the Duke of Portland
placed the vase in the British mu-
scum. where some thirty-iive years
Sfterward ii was wantonly broken
to atoms by Il drunken visitor. After
heing skillfully repaired it was
, placed for additional safety with the
gems.
/ authorities are by no means
agreed as to the subject of the baS-
relief, though various explanations
have been offered. According to the
Museum catalogue, the composition
represents on The diverse Theft.
consenting 10 be the bride Of Paleus
: in the presence of Poseidon and
Eros: on the reverse. Peleus and
! Thetis on Mount Pelion, and on the
bottom of the vase (now deiached)
IL youthful bust of Paris.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
Her Last Words.

She WAS small and yiyaclou>
person of ten and had been allowed
TO sit up for the late dinner only on
condition that she would not speak
except when one of the guests spoke
to her.
The preparations for the feast
had been carried on during her ab-
sence at school. When She entered
the dining room on tiploe with eN-
element her gaze lighted on some
candicd fruit, ordered from the
city and arranged in the best china
dish in the center OF the table.
Her eyes fairly blged: but, re-
memberlng her promise, she asked
no questions until the dinner was
well under way. She had been wrlg-
CLING in her chair for some moments
and al last could bear 20 more.
Mother" she cried, pointing to-
ward particularly alluring pear,
If you'll just tell me where YOU got
j. I'll never speak another word as
long as | live."-Iouth's Compan-
ion,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23

1t Ea, a.aa.- .t-. r'''
IN Austria d. 10 u.. .. OIL. pm
TO salute Il brother ..r..- :. =!
has 4 lady on Die ara. M. 'I 7 I. I.
cate point, however. .s. No. 49, ! ~
settled by tie Issue o.. an 49, II
army order IL future i - 80
Is taking the arm " the a.. =. !. 4 I.
he can aud must -Eel..- .slg,s ~
his left, bat ID. asa .l..-..a 80 ',. I. IA
Is, the officer B, ias.u. HE I.i I. :
der the arm be- ha, In - -, -
himself and salute Regularly . viii r. I,
right. WA q. :
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
Simple Pat.

4 poor Irishman one day went to
the Office of an Irish bank and asked
for change in gold for fourteen one
pound Bank of Ireland notes. The
cashier at once replied that the Cav
an bank only cashed its own notes.
Then would We gle me Cavan
notes for these z" asked the country
man in his simple way.
"Certainlv," said the cashier.
handing the fourteen notes as de.
sired.
The 1rishman took the Cavan
notes, but immediately returned
them to the official, saving:
Would We Gle me gold for these.
SIR" And the cashier, caught in
his own trap, was obliged to part
with the monev,-Tondon Answers
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
A Precaution.

A girl baby was brought to Seat
tie clergyman, according to the Post
lntelllsencer of that city, to be bap-
tied. He asked the name of the
baby.
"Dlnah NJ" the father responded.
But what does the NJ stand for -
asked the minister.
"Oh, if she turns out nice and
sweet and handy about the house.
like her mother, | shall call her
Dlnah May. But if she has fiery
temper and bombshell disposition,
like mine, shall call her Dinah
Might"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
THE Sa60 PALM.
How It's Oslisisus Product 10 ob,sinet
b. the East Indians

l. u fran their noble aspect ar on
aocounI al their uliliIy that the
laIm> have been termed the prince,
q. The vegetable kingdom: Neither
the anatomy Of the stem nor the
form al the flower cnliile, them TO
such 4 position. The stem i as
,inpir ~ than ol he common broom
and the Hover a. that "f the rash.
Nci thcy have alway> bccn ri great
interest To the hnlani,l. aud their
historical AMI legendary ASSOCIATIONS
and their Lrautv and their economic
value haze made them Of interest To
lhr public.
More than thousand species of
u.c palm are scattered Al different
clc,alion> throughout the tropics III
botn hHni pliers, with >lragsler, in
,ublrapirai and even in warm, tenn
pcraIr REGIONS. Their utility can
scarcely be "yerc>timaird. They
furnish food. shelter. clothing. ijln-
her. fuel. huilding materials. sticks.
fiber. paper. starch. sugar. oil, wine,
waN. lmniu. starch. dycing mate
r.al>. resin and 4 host Of minor
products. Which make them of the
greatest value To tie natives and tn
tropical aericrlturi,t>.
tine of the mos, important is the
>a.o palm Of the East Indian archi-
pclago. The tree ilouriShc> only in
low. marshv situations and seldom
reaches a height of thirty feet. 1t
altanS starch Welding condition
at the age Of fifteen wears. The
stem is then gorgcd with mass of
Starchv mater. around which is a
hard outer rind about two inches in
thickness. We're the fruit allowed
To form and ripcn the whole of this
starchy cor, would disappear and
leave the stem Il mere hollow shell,
for when the tree ripens It's fruit 1t
dies.
1t seems strange that man can
consume tree. but it is 80. The
preparation consists in cutting of
the branches and the hard rind Of
the trunk. The stem is then divided
into sections and split up. aud the
>tarchy pl'h is extracted and grated
to powder. When the starch il
roughly grated or pounded into pulp
and made into cakes one tree will
feed a man for ii whole year,
That which is intended for ex-
portation is mixed into paste with
water and rubbed through sieyes
into small grains. 1t is known as
pearl sa9o, bullet sage, etc, accord
Ing to lis size. and is served on our
tables and in soups and buildings.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
An Impossibility.

Two lriShmen were moving some
Kegs OF powder when one noticed
that the other was smoking, and the
following conversation ensued:
Look here. Amt We got any
better sense than TO be smoking
whilst we're handling these ere kegs
of powder? Don't you know that
there was an explosion Yesterday,
which blew up a dozen men,
Faith, but that cud never hap
pen here"
"Why not-:s"
"Bekase there's only two of us on
this job"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
Dicks Brilliant Scheme.

Dick had no father. and occasion
ally tie fact worried him. One day
lis mother fell i'll, and some one IN
cautiously commented on the sad
state Of affairs if his mother, too,
should die. Dick said nothing, bat
he kept up great thinking. When
his mother was quite we'll again one
night at dinner Dick, who was seven
years old. suddenly broke the 81
lence with the question. Mamma,
why don't YOU marry again - When
the laugh which this unexpected
query raised had subsidized his moth
er asked Dick why he wanted her
TO marry, Well" was his slow re-
Spouse, showing that he had careful
y thought it all out, then Id have
papa, and if YOU died he could
marry another lady, and she'd br
my mamma, and if he died she could
marry a man, and so I'd always have
a papa and mamma" And then
Dick looked gricyed because his fam
ily all laughed harder than they had
before at this continuous parent ar
rangement of his.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
intellectual Birds,

\ certain university doctor, de-
sir ng to see a birdcatcher exercise
his employment, accompanied him
to the fed. y soon as he saw the
birds he halloocd in Latin:
There thcy are"
The birds took the alarm. The
sportsman. INDIGNANT at the absurd.
tr OF the professor, told him of it in
very plain terms.
My good friend" exclaimed the
doctor in great establishment, "who
would have imagined that birds
would have understood Latin ?"-
London Queen.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
ANCIENT MEDICINE.
The Iaie,ie Kestrsu,s In wh,eh People
Once Bs.ieNed.

h modern -yirnce can hoast 81
aarihmg. ID oan 90 lh- Gay IN which
70 ha- rescued medicine from tie
a.m, ui ima-inai ION. say, the Lon
ia Standard. Tie wonderful pre-
llmIons IL the Mag. ~ narrai, \
by the Roman historian, PIiny. ART
,Sampics OF what the earliest doe
tors were. while even Abe ''salv,s' Of
oar own Elizabcihans seem at first
ght not much Of an improvement
upon those Of the Chaldean NJ. d. :.
let "a, take few examples Of Ma
gan healing from Latin author, ri
which perhaps the most useful l. the
f0llowing-One that IN modern par
lance would run thus: \ recipe 10
make women disclose their secrets.
Take one hen and. having carefully
extracted her heart. place the same
on the mouth of a patient during
sleep. lou will ascertain her exact
are the next morning. To DO the
old Roman justice he stigmatizes
this statement a. ''portcntous lie"
(No doubt he had tried it,
Others are quite As grotesque. Fc-
verfew, when used incidentally, had
tn be pluckcd bv the left hand. after
the patients name had been spoken
over IT. the herbalist taking good
care not TO look behind him. \ love
charm could lie easily obtained from
a hvena caught when the moon was
in Gcmlnl. Sporting prophets who
wish to excel in diyination should
change their customary chop for a
few molcs hearts. 1t is stipulated
that these be fresh. The Romans
themselves, although no mean sur
rcons-they made use of the probe
and nippers and instruments for
lrepannlng-wcre not less given to
prodigics than the people whose We
racity they doubted. They believed
that eating hare was a cure for IN
somnla, and even the skeptic Pliny
imagined that there must be some
thing IN the superstition that people
who had done 80 were good looking
for nine days afterward. \ verita-
bic nine DAYS wonder, He recon-
mended also. a a cure for quartan
fever, that the dust in which a hawk
had rolled should be put into a bag
and the latter tied around the neck
with piece Of red thread. Other
cures for this same were the LONGEST
tooth Of black dog, in the same po-
sltion, and wasp caught in the Ioft
hand and then pressed against the
forehead.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
Why Julia Quit.

The most peculiar reason vet as
signed for servant leaving her
place without notice was oiyer,
by Germantown mistress when
asked why Julia, colored maid
had suddenly quit. THE whole
trouble came about last wash day."
SAID the Indignant housekeeper. 1T
began to rain before the wash was
done, and when il was ready to hang
out 1t was drizzling al a good rate
Then II was that Julia, the colored
help, cane upstairs and asked m,
to lend her my rain coat while she
hung out the clothes. had neve,
found an umbrella or a mackintosE
necessary when | did similar work
end declined to grant the request
Then Julia quit" = Philadelphia,
Record.