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Graham guardian., 1906-06-01
New Arrivals at
Boston Cash Store

We have just received new line of
Malteese and German Laces which retail from
{ to Ioc per yard
Top net Alover Laces in Cream 7Sc per ward.
Ladies new Style Corset Covers dainty embroid-
ered hemstitch9d tucks finished at top with NAL
teese Lace, dainty beading, the latest thing out
and very handsome priced from 7Sc to SI.7S.
Ladies Lace Collars in White Cream and Black
very pretty, priced from 20 to 25c each.
Ladies White turnover Collars beautifully en-
broideried priced from 10 to I5c.
Ladies new summer Corsets and GirdeS
Black and Tan Lace hose, Misses and Childrens
white and tan hose
Ladies fancy handbags in tan blue green and red.
Infants soft soled shoes small sizes in all colors
Ladies low heel comfort slippers, and Ladies low
he'll comfort shoes, just the thing for summer
wear
A new assortment of boys and youths shoes.
We have fine selection of Mems Pants in large
Sizes also in regular sizes in fact we can fit any
You will find it TO your advantage to do your
trading here where everything is marked in plain
figures and priced to the lowest possible price,
Our goods are all first quality Such that we can
recommend to give satisfaction to our customers
in every particular.
CASH STORE
j. r. WELKER Prop.
Graham guardian., 1906-06-01
The Lowest Prices

on everything Consistent with good, depend
Our hugh stock of
Graham guardian., 1906-06-01
To the Ladies of the CiIa VALLEY

was filled twice. have double the amount on hand of our
original purchase In order close them quickly we naugr-
ate
Graham guardian., 1906-06-01

earth yard 5000 yards fine
dress and shrtng gingham sale price only the yard
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-21
% tVENCiDO !

her dictdo sques crt. crulno tcIearo nm amgoo
un Grade. AqaeA suposci6n aumn6a inqueud
Tom6 emoci6n empre cfecente aquela cArta,
pezabA al:
Eiipmsnso 6xito que han scanzado mundo srsocH
Gco mis- corteE-cehro, me eatimu)an etc.
Firmado O1din0t LpteLs
Aquea vtS pesar de deapecho LeOntlus pndo me-
de rer clio pArec6 e silenco del sno Lu
agoy menos mex picable.
SIN duds vendra persOnslmente ussidcarae, pcns6
empez6 veItirse.
Cuand. doncelIs ocupsbA psinAr hsrno'csc
pellol, lsmsron 10 pueIta.
-Qo6 es esol
-Una cart. que han deado On Ia porters dC6ndo cue
vendrsn buscsr dentro de de hora
La st6ora do Vremont romp6 ell sobra rapldsmenc an
mjrsrla.. ;. PediAn respueata era de Ell.
sS,Gora Condem:
Un buen corsz6n e e Adorno de Lee grAcas de Il
beexA Tened de pobre artists drAmaco
guido por desgaca qnien numerosoA ropezos han o6l
gado abAndonAr demIsAdo prono caerA del eAtro hu.
bese lido personAmene mplorAr vueeA bondad, ai,..s
LeontnA scAb6 de er tan exrAvsgaute mlnva, sa-
csndo todo e dnero ae levAbs boso do dcendo
-Esh es Ia respuests. Sc trIta de una lmoSnA
En- msmo nsnte cOncuhada enro con una eques en-
Ia mAno. Al darGelA Leontina lie dio:
He cometido ID torpezA de sbrrla Francisco tan atur
dido como Gmpre Ia be dAdo ceyendo que era para mi
ESQ Que nombre estA ben oaro drecc6n SoG c0adsd
Catlos... cabe lugAr duda.
En- flo -. era una cGrtI del Iehor LaEgoy M Pero que
c,rt1 Todo AIeoogia de 10 com1n desechsdo
Hahl cone sptos sUna de'grscia obevendA una
peropa de m ftmia me ohgi slr de Paris e scte Temo
Sspe aghn tismD) como regree ire dsros
personamente mis- Crsed zen slsno On e alma
el pArtir hoy, oOmpAdseedmeS
AoueG cart sysbt il fschs del mFreolss por a heeht
No fIaba nIdI; ni e sm0 quo ri el 9esda1e Saora qe
seompal h steFna eantnsI de sodOa los auscnsI eul
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-21
BIBLIOrECA DE &LA DEMOCRACIA

pabe que sac6can h dAd de mur adoran partida
de caZk coda de c0mpaHeroS cuaQ1iera ora diver
sion asf ecrben todos los hombres enc habs
ovdado de decro que ustamente hoy sdos comda de
veroH esta noche, sas elee debiera susur
de obrar honrads sa 'No esperes
noche, porque voy otra parte. LnlstGdnes
Cusndo hubo leids eIta Lnntina xpemeu6 e
voleno despecho ocuta mihamor pgunt6 como
encontraba Hector.
E, aQo meior conteat6 s,6orA Alberto esforzSndose
para sonrer Creo que noche podri bAar rasto
Estas segodsdes debln snqu quiIzGr Leonns, Qutsndoe
to1a idea de sublr verle.
L,ontnA pau6 IN dta mortaImente t-iste Tadw cusnu
personss ve Ia dsgustaron No ecuchsbA nadG dc
cuanto dcan por cAsusdad Ago 10 comprenGia 81
reveG coutestsha sendo Ia cAida tsrd.
se6or T. nntor oven de talento ibA
sslir ue mumA nochs Ru que venfa deapedrse
-Teugo muchls amigs San Peter.hurgo 10 do L.onti
ma s quere dare de andIc6n elias.
ii Aeh,r d6e respesuossmente las grAcias sen
Vremon s6 d6 que eGbA "a vvAmente recomenddo las
peraonAs DHuysntea de A por e LuSg1y q1e
hAbA tenido IL bondad...
81 sehar Lasiguy7 pregunt6 Leontua.
ST. stnora acAbA de hseerme Algunos encargOs para Ru
sia, qui,rs...
-Vepis desu casa
- En- este mismo momento
y le hbeis vistol
No he querido moIestarle porque bl solo IN mo-
mento; le hs dsiGdo encg1 renitiNse e
quote que debo Iievrle nOmbre IA prncu me 10
ha envGdoe seguidI jdnmena gran nj cAf
de recommendation muy gLlGntes honrosGt para mi
-tY hace mucho tempo que eitIbA fada ID 6pscI de
yuesro viaiel
e vss sut,ba proysctldo hIcia 10 menos dos meses
ptro 10 osrtda DO qutd6 6sda hasta esT mIh.ns.
M h'bis "a pOlbidGd de hlcsr's iusioneL
drI era A'gnhte.
Cu1Ido lie, nnG qu,d6 soIl pdsoss msdh, sobrs ssta
fsIs una dgncia sObFsvsnida ans persona dc mi Gml ms
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-21
AVIS

Deleosos do meiorar 10 aparisn.
ella del empaqus de nuestros sigarri.
llos, do ahora en- adelsnte nasstras
marcas dc c'garrillos sColsctivas y
<VioleIos, ir &n enesietilladas On for
ma do petacas, y muy On brave todas
nuesirAs mArcas ssran encsistilIsdss
en- IL misma forma.
Con el fn de disipar toda duas
respecto & 10 ltgisimidad do nuessro
pl odlc.o, que pusaa surgir 4 sonas-
cusncia de 10 nuevA marQuills, deasa-
mos hAosr constar que estO en nads
slterA IL basns czlload del miamo.
Porto Rican american Tobacco
m. d, - COmpdnv.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-21

Esta mafiana .ss VIC 60 10 Corta do
Distrito de San Juan sl iuicio por iu
RADIO contra los muchachos Ramon
Perez, Lula Rivera, Domingo Cspsda
y Ramon Nlfiez,
Fusron acusAdos dc escalsmielto
en- primer grsdo ca 10 tienda de don
Alfredo Sobrino, de Pderta de Terra.
Fl Fiscal sen Or Csmpillo soliclt6
80 sobreseyera la cauaa por ser los
acusAdos memories dc edad hADer Cd.
tsdo en- 10 cArcsl desde que coms.ie-
ron oil hssh3,
Hi senior DIAZ NAVARRO ha
ss,x xhleeido ~ Okcina do Abogxdo J
"a Nosaria On sssa aiudAd, sAile dc San
Justo ntmero IL.
E,erse anse 10 Corte Federal, Cor
10 do Dislrlto do toda 10 Isla y Corte
Suprema, dedicsndose asimismo al
exsmen do titulos do propiedadss, Ia
corporation dc Corporacionss del pals
extranger2s y tramitaSion do expe'
ciensss 90 appropriation torzosa.
Asspsando 10 noble oompetencia
hoy ablseida On el siersicio do los
protest do Abogado y Notario, el
segior DIAz NAVARRO 20 dispone &
coprar 4 sus clisntes honor arlos exec
yivamense m0dlSos.
En- la mans ana del sabado se
reunira 81 Connie de franqulclas.
--Auoche los esposos Winthrop
dieron una comidA On su res.dencta
del palaclo de santa Catalina.
Aslatlsron los invitsdos sefiorits
Noble, aon Arturo Noble, sen1rits
Lolita Hernandez, don J0Ae HERNIA !
usz, ssnora do Luquetsi, asioritsl
Bshn, BSllley, mister Proctor, tsnisn
ts Aaldrel, A.horita Mich Is, espoaoi
| W ood, AShJriIss Wslls, Mills, mister
taullley capllan Bill.
Sc HA EATRAVIADO en- O
I .asrC, duraate la Coronacl0a, una
pslns.a 90 conlh h.S con lncruAsa-
clones do plaza, DrlllaGtes del Brasi
y pledras aSul celeste. K que la nay,
enconsrado, pueds dirliirae q ia admi
nj TRACTION Del Ho.el logiaserra dond'
80 10 graIlfcara. ! 4
-NueAtro amigo el lllce1ciado dor
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-21

Domir - Martinez Zsno, ha sslido
para Foncs y hsra escala en los .pue.
bios de transito, para 10 props anda
de sus msgoifcos patent ados, que
eataa msreciendo cada diA mas acsp.
tacl6n del uolico.
Blsn visje y buenos negocios le
deseA0los.
Ell Gobsrnador sprob6 aver 10
ley tllulada <Pars crear y sstablecsr
on Puerto Roo una escuela correcsio.
nal para iovsnsa dsitncusntsss Dl
Ley 80 aprobo por las dos Camaras el
nsevs do Malzl del corrisnle afo.
ANUNCIO.-La sedora Eloiss de
Jslds, vluda de Bull, partletpA al pa'
b.lco do ests pueblo al dc Ia isls,
QUE apssar del fAllscimlento dc su 60
poso, el taller Fotog gratico qus aquel
tenia estAblscido, coatinua sus trapa
Jos sin hsber vArlhdo ca 10 ma. mini
mo.
Carolina, Febrero IA de l,906.
b 4 all.
-Ha aldo propuesto para JutE de
paz de Pen lelas, oon Graz Torrss Ri
+, vera.
s%THE HELVETlA.--27 calle de
Q Cruz. Gran casa dc hespedes. xTa-
ple d. notels. Aposeatos para iamili III
y personals solas. Comldas q clncuen.
10 centavos cubierto. Ba6os. Teletono
l92. Apartado correo, 2s5. Prople.a-
rio, PEDRO Schlrs. Nosa; Esse hok
ssta & cargo de una ssfiorlts aagus
ID
| Aver 40 aseguraba que el Oois
20 Monseil or BlsL k, habia sido inves
sido con el Arzo olspado do Nasva
Orleans.
j Esta Manana no 90 habfR confs
mado ofciAlmsnte 10 notlcls.
Ell Jues municipal dc Utusde
mult6 con $33 al comsrcianIe don An
tonic Nievsa, por infracSi6n dc renta
internas.
Para curar un resfrlad0 on VI
ola, toms sl LAXATIVE BROMO
| lOUININA. El boticario ls devolvsrGe 6
dinsro d no 80 cura. La frma dc L
wv, GROVE 90 halla en- cada cajiss.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-21
PE::RDIDA

En- lA mAnana usl l&JAd0 IL 90
FsDrero 90 han perdldo Oh 10 tiEza
priLolpsl o ssrsA &c ellis, dies J och1
dollxrA sn ullletes dc bAnso. La per-
sonA que l1s hsYa encoatrad0 J que
los duyoelva III UepAryAmenIo os Eda.
cacion, sela rssompensAaA gsnssosa.
m6Lte. 5-S.a
Los Ageates CO Ia RIGA ala RI
val cervtxA <PaDsH seizures h. Ia.
Calder6n y CO, Gallo dc Tetuau ~ II,
gratlnearan Gun mil .dollsa. &.caSlQuisr
cabal.ero Qus .e presents una cerv.sa
mt ior q 10 Ia <PAbst.s
-Dvn Manu- 81 + uenies, de Santur.
90, sollcits permiso del AlcaIds para
ttaslSdAr ana caAillA de 10 Gale Coto'
msr q .os terrsnos de doa Francisco
Ramos, sn sl barrio <GAndal.s
THE MAY FLOWKk. - Crisso
st. lo. Sxn Juan, R,-A una o1A-
dra do los e&rros olSotrieos J prlnei'
pAlea edlhclos del GoplsrRo. Esplan'
dida vlsssa d IL pAhla. Baf1oa modsrs
aus aknlbhrtQs. hapltacloaes frvseAs,
A2q qulsiLa eoAl1s pavrs0rrly usfA 4
Amsrleaa&. Prssl0s moaer kdos. -GAl.
LILA RAMIREZ, Viud& do MAsferrsr,
$50 MIN lnAcci.e 81 ei Reglskru
Civil .oa naclmiensvs de Vicente Dlak
Cruz, Dololel Jssuss Roesfors y Men
ire, SAsurnl4o Llanos J Reyes J An
gel Enoarnsoion y las defunGlonsa de
Tomas Perez Oc4slo y JlanA Cruz,
| Contin,ta en- Ia pdgina ".
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-21

-El inspector municipal ssfior
Rivsro, he denunciaoo las casas 81
do 10 cSlie dc la Luna y 66 de 10 salts
DEL Sol, por no rsunlr condiclonss
higienicAs. :,
-EssA nochs 90 oelenrlrA sn 81
Casino do kto Piedras un bale do
mAscsrAs, para sl cuAl rsina gran
arimacion On aQuella soeisas1. Esis
nsils % sl que tle suspendido Q! visr'
nss pasadJ con notlvo % 10 musrss
dal Asffor &oIfs
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-21
NoT|C|AS DEL D|A

de Distrito. .-Cemte de Franquiclas.
El banquete de anoche.-Para Juez de paz. domingo
MARTINEZ Zeno. Ley aprobada por 81 Gobernador- =
Monsenor Blenk.-Multas en- Otuado. .-Bmbargos e-
vantados sentenclas.-Oras notlclas de
interes general
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-21
SECC|0N MERCANT|L
A]tas G]n3Ieia|es de San Juan


Azusar
Para la ex xportacI6n cotizamos de
81 81 & s3,O8 segda parallzasi6n
Accl0nes
Bauco dc Pto. Rico . Is & 10.
Hauuo Territorial. . l6i & is.
BAnso Popular -. s7.N 8.
Buquss anunclados
vapor 90 spafiol <Pio IX's De
B arcelona sali6 el 8 del actual con los
escalss de costumbre para este pusrto
y Ponce, sigulendo visis para Saatia-
20 de Cuba, Ha3ana = Masanzaa.
xVapor americana <Julia Luc
Hanback,. salio d, NV York para
sssa 81 Is del corrisnse.
vapor americana <Phlladslphlas.
Eat ira al procs1enss de Nav York
m. n ana.
vspor americana <Ark ldlAs, az
lio de Nsw Orleans para GAIA el l3 del
oorriente,
Vapores ingle <Soieats J sS.ks.
EatAran aqui pr, csdsntsi dc Jam Aics
y Ss. I'll JmAs rsspecslvAmsnso.
1Mnaron puerto
vspor americana <Car Acass do la
Guayra con trausito.
Golsta sCoraz6n de Marias do Ia
isla.
Sc habthtoron de- salsdG.
vapor americana <CAracaa1 para
| N. York maaana.
Golssas Gala B .ancas, cana Ma
ria, y <May Fiowsrs para los paersos
anuL ci ados.
Vapor cubano <Jalias para 10 HA
bana y1pusrsos intsrmeoios'
| Buquss On puerto
TkAVsEiA
<Mari Pa II ,rs dssesrgando
xJuliaS cargando
<Emlly Wa % 1e.ca' gando
lAJSTANEEsUS
<Encarnaci6ns Faisrdo y MAunRbC
<Rlca rdo Rulz1 AglA1liiH J Ma
ysga'z.
<Pelras N IguA5o
&c uiilermi soS Arroyo
<Aurehas VieQuss
<ueseadas NsglADo
xrorto R.cvS 1argando
<Iorsg3n Dc Marlss psndlslts
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-21
DOCTOR GUSTAV0 MuAOz

DE LA FACULTAD de
Medlclna de Madrid y Ex-pro-
fesor Clinico del Hospital de
San Carlos, de la mlsma F>a.
cultad, de regreso de su vlaJe
a Madrid, ha establecldo su
ofclna professional en- la calle
de Tetuan nq 81.
Horas de consulta de 2 4
4 p. m. Telefono NJ $40. d.
III Com. .slVnaoo dc EducASi6n Mr.
Fa. kner tiene OIL proyeeso do conssrulr
casAs para sscuelAs rurAles en- sodos
los oiatritos de la is!A. Las JantAs
esoolarss proveerAn oil solar vel de-
partsmsnto lol gastos as installation
dc dichas eacuelAs,
Aver, en- un Darrio do Bayam6l ,
ocurrio ma rida entire los SmerlcAno
Mr. RAlpf BrCwa y Frark Head, as
liendo hsrido oil ltimo con Srma d.
fuego.
-UN BUEN rsloi do orc 90 el meioi
rega!o para Nsvidad. F. Kehrhshu
| y CQ, San Francisco 20, San Juan
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-21

Precios MIN dc los artlculos
que 50 detalIan On
almx0enes
Arroees dc partldo & Jap6n Do
s3& As.
Idsm valsactano do est Id. Id.
Aios dc 81 csvs. & SO.
Jamc nes s8i ~
Vuesos Amses.x Sl6i PAsagrAs ".
Tosano, Ii IT.
sardinas auuadaA ID seatavos.
Jan6n, t.4t { IS Rocamora
amarioAao, s5t ~.
Psata del pals . s49.
Aa.ssa se4 act 80 ssa asas
do o. q 10,
usrina da ~ . tot
Hahiohuslas AmarlsAnAs 20 orAds
laraas s5i . Gt'.
HArDanzo At -
1Aaalao s6i I
Osn1llAs s4f . 3.
NaasslatliAi do el3 = 10
pAoss susrtcAnas sls
Tssaio I.
Leehs eondeas AlA sAglllas q W
Il IL <Craz Roia' 70
Id ii <Magnolias $44
DEL PALS
A. iear para el consumer
NAssabado slAro ds t3i At4
De asel slsro . $3.50.
Osos.tiuga slaro do - e6
Anssisaaa dc st ls@a.
De Poacs s&a . II.
Ron 30 grAdos Cartier & e1.bo can
av0s gAl6n paga ados 4. Inssrnss.
ksiae . 1.S0
Tgbsco, nominal,
Precivs do compra
AlEid0n $3.50
Algodda as5 $50
0ocos dc Is q Is millAf.
Cusros dulees s1S
ssbo do rss Q II.
Gate sorriente do al0 al0t
Camnlos oorrlentss
tuadres check . 4.SS
Paris q. 81 D
HAmburao &is
~
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-02-21
.-El p.p,r,amen.o De Tssoserte

Ell Dsparsamsnso de Tssoserfs
ievsn.o 6 empsrgos en Mocs, 10 eR
Aguaalis, s 90 Yauco, y / en- San
Ss6alIian.
RECO 4ENDAMOS & los vs1de
dores de Iaristas PoStGleS, libreros,
impreaorss, qulncs llerlas, psquetsrfas
tiendss M xtas, hazares, tAbaqueriss,
kiosk %, ee.scionss dc ferrocsrril, pc.
loquerfas, balnearios, ttc que pidan
la tarf ia rsIervsda ae prsclos al por
mayor de la gran fabrica y almacenes
his spano Amei icAdLs do 1arctas Pos
taLeS do Santiago s. Solsr, Castel Ion
dc 10 PlAna (Esp.hsl. EstH nuevs IL
brica 90 10 que mas novsdades al mer.
cado; su sursido CD sl mas exisnso del
mundo, y aus precios son los mas ba-
rasos de Ioaa Euaopa, PHASE el Ca
talogo iluatrado para 1905 que 90 en-.
via gratis solsments q com ,rciantes
serios, D cons u tsse el limo Sbole.
lin Msnsual de Novedadsss que tens
moa 90 nusatrA redacclon 4 ls dispo
aici6a dc todos nuss,ros lectorss. 81
En- Ponce f4sron ds,enidos aver
Juan Ramos por hurto y Ramon Ro
que y Tomas Ql!foass por abuse de
contansR.
Ayr & lss once 90 declare IN
incendio en- Ia fnsa que posee On Jus
"a DfAz, don l. L,opeldo Colon, El sar
geniO G lnenez desuvo somo presuntc
autor a Geronimo Q isAada q quisn 81
10 han txlgido 5. 00v dollars os hAnss
| para Au nburIAd provisional,
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14

assured that the subject OF the physical
geography. either OF the Atlantic or the
Pacific. has by no means been ex-
hausted. and that there Is still abun-
dant opportunity for scientific research
in this direction. Indeed. not all that
the versatile Jules Verne wrote OF that
wonderful voyage OF Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea" was hctionb1
and in some lines It verged closely on
prophecy.
IL you doubt this Just remember what
success has been achieved already IN
the building OF submarine vessels
When submarine navigation has been
perfected-and who can doubt that such
will be the case within few years
to come2-then. indeed. we shall wrest
from their hoary secrecy many OF the
mysteries OF the ocean that may ex-
plain the vagaries OF the deep.
In the meanwhile the question thar
is uppermost today Is, What are these
strange changes that are taking place
in the Pacific Ocean, and will the mari
ners eventually be compelled to learn
anew the chart OF this almost limit
less expanse OF watersfS
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14

though it had been shattered. There
are abrupt abysses and jagged chasms,
and archipelagos OF small islands rise
UP in splntered fragments along the
shore. There are known to be subma-
rine plateaus Of sufficient extent and
height to warrant the supposition that
moderate upheaval would extend the
Asiatic continent as rar south as Aus
tralia, transforming the various seas
into inland salt lakes Considerations
of the peculiar animal and vegetable
life of New Zealand and Australia lend
some degree of probability to the spec
u1ation that these islands were Joined
to the main continent of Asia at some
very remote period. 1t is even possible
to trace the submerged coast line of
the great continent which then ex-
listed. Many islands forming isolated
mountains spring from the bed of the
ocean, and several peaks which do not
rise to the surface have been detected.
Sometimes a number OF islands are
bound together by submarine eieva-
tions. frequently within a few hundred
fathoms of the surface, over wide
areas
When one stops to think over all
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14

this it makes him wonder all the more
toward what end the geological forces
are tending and if. indeed. we are liv-
ing in a transition period.
To be sure the Annapolis graduate
who has been pumped full of data con-
cerning the monster rivers that flow
the vast reaches of the ocean
is inclined to be skeptical and perhaps
a little more than conservative in pass
ing judgment upon reports that are
made to him by captains of the mer-
chant marines. OF course he accepts
these reports and data that are handed
to him daily. and then it becomes his
duty to sit. as it were, in a judicial
capacity, and from great mass of in
formation draw conclusions that may
be of sane and valuable advice to
navigators. 1t Is extremely doubtful
if you could get any photographic Of
ficer to admit that there had been any
material changes in any of the currents
of the Pacific. At the same time these
officers will not place themselves on
record as saying positively that such
changes are impossible or altogether
improbable. At any rate, one can be
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14

be said that with hardly an exception
the islands of the Pacific Ocean are
of volcanic origin. and ii may be as
sumed that the various peaks which
deep sea soundipGs have shown to be
scattered over the bed--of the ocean
and rising to within various distances
of the surface are also OF volcanic
origin BY the erosive action of tides
and waves these eminences In time are
reduced to platforms forming founda-
tions for barrier reefs and atolls.
In brief, it is known that series of
volcanoes, active and extinct, run
round the Pacific, commencing at Cape
Horn. passing along the Andes and
Rocky Mountains. crossing from the
American continent by the Aleutian
Islands to Kamchatka- and thence
southward by Japan and the East In
dian Archipelago to New Zealand.
Within the past few weeks revenue
cutter officers controlling the Arctic
have sent word to Washington giving
latng to the appearance OF new
island in the Aieutian group Earth
quakes are so frequent all along this
line that these tales may easily be be-
lieved. This island some of the of1cers
scaled although they reported that IT
was still an active volcano and that
the water for a long distance around
anu ABOUT was diliioee az 'iiS Dvitiite
point. The upheaval of such great
mass of land from the depths
of the sea may have had some
effect in diverting from their
usual channels some of the les
ser currents of the ocean and thereby
in turn have affected in greater or
lesser degree some of the more inn
portant currents. To the layman, the
landsman, all these matters are OF In
terest; because, although they may not
know anvtl,inr about the points of the
compass or anything OF navigation or
how to lay course along the Great
Circle, there is nevertheless an absorb
ing fascination about the ocean and its
wonders.
The end of the South American con-
tinent furnishes an excellent iliustra-
ton of what primeyal forces nave
done in the dim past. The end is as
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gon. which was wrecked in Alaskan
waters on the night of September l3,
believes that the calamity that Vis-
tied his vessel was due to unusually
strong currents which he says he never
noticed in northern waters before.
other mariners blame these same
strange currents for the recent strand
ing of so many steamers on the Pa
cific Coast Currents are the essen
tial feature OF all oceans; the things
which give them individuality and en-
able them to play so important a part
in the great scheme of nature. All
ships traversing the Pacific Ocean are
requested to note any currents that
may be encountered from time to time,
and to report the same to the United
States photographic office, for the only
source from which information con-
corning currents is to be derived is
found in the logbooks of ships. But
these currents that different captains
claim they have met with, and that
have wrought such ruin to the steam
ers, have never before been entered in
the logbook Of any ship, and are in
dependent of winds. atmospheric pres
sure and other meteorological phe-
What, then, can these strange cur
rents mean? What changes are taking
place in the great workshop of the
world2
While the Manchuria was still held
fast in the grasp OF the coral reef off
Honolulu one of the big Australian
liners arrived at that port from Sydney
to San Francisco. The captain on
touching at Honolulu reported that a
few days previous he had found that
his vessel had been carried somewhere
in the neighborhood Of thirty miles out
of the beaten track. AS there had been
no heavy weather the only way to ac-
count for this mysterious drift was
on the theory that some strange twist
had been given to the great current
that sweeps through that part OF the
Pacific. In this connection it is of
interest to know that the Australian
liner arriving here within the past
few days brought reports from Samoa
that the volcano which has recently
been so active in this. group of islands
is still in a turbulent state and that