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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-07-28

un sistema mucho mas PRACTICE, es-
tableciendo una conducci6n subterra-
nea.
Una inscription en- caracteres ne
braicos Antiques, que notaron por ca
sualidad en- $50 unos niffos que Sc
estaban baf1ando en- las aguas del til
mel, permitio averiguar esencial-
mente como la aperture de la obra
habia sido llevada buen termino.
LA perforaci6n ha terminado.
Cuando el pico de ct1no no habfa cho-
cadO a1n con el pico del otro y entire
los dos mediaban todavfa tres alnas,
poafa oirse la voz del uno que Hama
ba al otro por una hendidura. \ al
dia final de la perforacion los mine
ros Sc encontraron pico contra pico.
La altura del pefiasco sobre la cabeza
dc los mineros era de 100 alnas. En-
tonceS las aguaS sc deslizaron al de
posito sobre una distancia de !, 200
alnas."
Mil doscientas alnas es a1go como
500 4 $50 metros; en- realidad no ca
bfa contarse con desarrollo seme ian
te cuandO Sc cOmprcndio el IT,: ba 10,
pueS en- fnea recta, entire ambas ex-
tremidades de la obra, no hay mas
que $50 metros. Pero Ia galeria sub
terranea forma una Inca irregular 4
consecu encia de las difcultades con
que habia de dirigirse un trabajo sub
terraneo de este genero con los me
dios de que podfa disponerse hace
11rOS Vpfnt1pjrCO Si iO1Oc
Por la inscription sc ha visto que
la perfOracion emprendi0se por am :
bas extremidades y por otra parte,
las sefales de los utensilios, se1Iales
que subsisten en- las paredes del
t1nel, Sc hallan perfectamente diri-
gidss en- sentido inverse.
Como las dos partidaS de trabaj ia
dores iban a encaminarse la una ha-
cia Ia otra con probabilidad de encon-
trarsc mediante la menOr extension
possible de perforacion. AdviGrtase
que no pudo haber la pretensi6n de
abrir dos galerfas alineando y pro-
longando la una con la otra. Asi los
ingenieros de Hezekiah modihcaron
muchas veces la direction seguida
QCSpllSo TIC ODSGI VdClOIlSS HSCuaS pOI
ellos ignoramos como el case es que
en- muchos puntos del tinel Sc en-
cuentran trszos de galerfa abandOna-
dos por haberse cafdo en- Ia cuenta
de un error.
Finalmente, no hay duda de que,
como la inscription dice, para reunir
los trabaj jos de ambas extremidades,
les dirigio el sonido. Por 10 demas,
Ell punto de encuentro no sc halla
muy distante de Ia mitad de Ia ga
1er{a.
Anadese & 10 'dicho que el tdnel
tiene un ancho que varia entire O 90
y o'9o metros por una altura de 3
metros hacia la parte del Sud; / So
metros al Norte y desciende q veces
a menoS de 600 metros; este parece
evidente que es segdn la naturaleza
de la roca.
El fondo de este t1nel es casi alb
solutamente de nivel, 10 cual honra 4
la habilidad professional de nuestros
remotos colegas, los ingenieros del
rey Ezequfas.
d r
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-31

NJ. f. Nagle, accompanied by. a
crew of bin posters, arrived in the
city last night to put out the first
lot of advertising for Ringing Broth
ers circus The preliminary adVer-
tising campaign is being made over
seven routes out of Waxahachie to-
day. No dated stuff will be put up
until next month, and the advertising
now being distributed consists most
Iy of heralds and large pictorial
folders. Inside of the next twenty
days the bill boards will be covered
with flaming posters.
Definite announcement has been
made that Hagenbeck 5 trained am
NAL show will come to Texas this sea
son. and it is expected 10 visit WaXa-
hachie ahead of Ringing Brothers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-31
WANT REWARD OFFERED
6esasvdle People DtMrs loasiciioa oa
dMilfy Negro Seleiers.

Brownsville Texas Aug 81 The
citizens committee in charge OF tn.
investigation OF the negro soldier
outrage has decided to ask Governor
Lanham 10 offer reward on behalf
of the state for the conviction of the
negroes implicated n the outrage
A representative Will 20 to Austin to
personally interview Governor Ian
ham Major 4 y Biocksom OF the
inspector generals department. who
came to investigate the affair, has
completed his investigation and sent
his report 10 Washington He is still
here awaiting a United States attor-
ney who viii be sent by the federal
government to prepare the defense of
the negro soldiers, though he does
not know who is coming.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-31
GRADING THE NEW ROAD.
Dirt Broken in City this Morning ON
Trinity and Brazos Valley.

The last mile of the grade for the
Trinity and Brazos Valley railroad at
this end of the line Is being construct
ed The dirt on the right of way
inside of the city limits was broken
this morning. The work is in charge
of Contractor W + Montgomery.
Eight or ten teams and large force
of men are now engaged in prepar-
ing the road-bed for the steel The
work was commenced just below the
sheds of the Campbell-Dunnaway
Lumber Company. The grade at that
point is being cut down and the dirt
drawn back to the flat in the direc-
ton of the compress. 1t will probab-
ly be about three months before the
grade through the city is finished.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-31
BOIL WEEVlL IN TEXAS
barese Of tatoaosesy Completes tareful
tssmiaslioA Of the State.

The Bureau OF Entomology has
just completed careful examination
Of the state Of Texas to determine the
status Of the boil weeyil Agents
have personally visited twenty eight
points in the state selected 10 show
The exact conditions in the different
cotton regions At each of these
twenty eight points number OF cot
ton fields were visited and the per
centage of infestated squares and
bolls determined This was done by
the selection OF five groups of plants
in different parts of each field eX-
amfned All of the bolls and squares
on each one of the plants in these
groups were given a careful inspec-
tion. The average OF the percentage
of infestated squares and bolls on
each one of these groups has been
taken as the percentage of infesta-
ton OF these individual fields. Simi-
lar examinations of other fields with
due regard to their location as re-
CARDS timber. were made, and the
average of all fields as examined in
any one locality gives the percent
age of infested squares and bolls gen
orally in that region.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-31

The boil ~ceYH has generally
caused the stopping OF blooming of
the cotton plants In the Brazos Val
leys as far north as Limestone and
Bell counties. respectively. In the
eastern portion OF the state bloom
ing ceased as far north as Marshall
as early as the goth Of July. OF
course. II IL 70 be noted that even
where blooming has ceased altohether
a considerable amount OF cotton has
been made or even picked, Never
the less. where blooming stops infes-
tation OF the boils begins. as shown
by the reports relating to Corpus
Christi. Cuero. Henderson and others
in the statement given above.
The conditions Tor the spread of
the boil weevil the present season
have been unusually favorable. The
pest seems TO be In the course of n
much greater migratory movement,
both in Louisiana and Texas, than
ever before For the first time Wee
wills have recently been found in In
dian Territory. The locality infested
Is In the Red River valley in the
Choctaw Nation just north of Fannin
and Lamar counties in Texas. The
migratory movement has also carried
it TO a point four or five miles north
OF Denison and to various localues
in northern Hunt county and south
ern and central Lamar county. 1t Is
to be stated, however, that except Ill
| the case of very late cotton fields
| the damage by the pest north OF Dai-
| las county will not be severe this sea
| son.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-31

box No 1 Boxes Nos ! and , may
be retained by the election officers.
as there IL no necessity to return
them but boxes Nos. aud I must
be used and gsturned as directed
above
18th Confusion frequently re-
suits Ia making the returns. and as
some new election officers have been
appointed / make the following suE
gestions relative thereto As the
names of The voters are put on the
poll list AS the votes are east and
YOU viii have one set OF poll lists and
tally sheets complete when the votes
are all counted. with the exception OF
signing two copies OF both the poll
lists and tally sheets must be made
and signed, So as to be- exact copies
of the original, SO there will be three
sets. three returns must be filled out
and signed One poll list, one tally
sheet and one return must go in the
envelope which Is addressed to the
presiding officer, and is TO be kept
by him for twelve months; one poll
list. one tally sheet and one return
must go in the envelope addressed
TO the county Judge. and be delivered
to him. one poll list, one tally sheet
and one return must go in the enyel-
ope addressed TO the county clerk
and must be delivered to him with
tbut not in) the box containing the
ballots. properly sealed. These re
turns must be delivered by one of the
judges in person. and must not be
mailed
14th Section 81 OF the election
law provides: "One of the precinct
judges shall deliver the returns of
election with certified list of qualified
voters with all stationery, rubber
stamps and blank forms and other
election supplies not used, TO the
Judge Immediately after the votes
have been counted
18th. The Distance Markers
must be placed one hundred feet
away from the polling place.
10th. | have had the blanks and
returns printed for the election SO
| the officers would have as little fill
| ing in to do as possible, and ] would
enjoin upon them to try to comply
| with the foregoing instructions ant
suggestions Do not get in hurr
in the wind-up in preparing your re
turns and thereby run the rlsk
making mistake, and having you
box thrown out in the official coun
for the commissioners court Is gov
erned by the returns in making same
18th AS soon as YOU receive you
Ielection supplies kindly examine
same so if anything has been omitted
YOU may call my attention to it anf
it can be supplied.
18th, After studying the foreSo
ling letter of instruction, if you desire
! anv further information, or if | have
failed to make anything plain &c
YOU. do not wait until the day OF cleo
| ton, but write me at once upon re-
ceipt of this letter for any further IN
formation you may desire.
Yours truly,
f. l.. HAWKINS.
County Judge
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-31
DO We Need the saloon?

| consider the question, do We
Need the Saloon? most vital one
to our boys and young men and
homes, and shall speak on 1T at the
Main Street Christian church Sunday
night II is not a political question
but one of morals and life. | earnest
" ask those who are contemplating
voting against prohibition TO be pres
ent: and all others are cordially in
vited to be present.
CHALMERS McPHERSON.'
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-31
THE TENAS SOCIETY.
Annual Outing to BE Held at Los
Angeles September =.

The Texas Society of Los Angeles,
Cal, will hold its annual outing az
Long Beach on September S, and the
former citizens of Texas who now re
side in the California town are pre-
pairing TO make of this gala day.
Several former Ellis county people
now live in Los Angeles, and thelI
friends and relatives at home who
may desire to send them greetings ON
that day can reach them by address
ing their letters in care of the Texas
Society at 7th and Nth Broadway,
I,. ANGELES permanent register
for Texans will be kept there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23
Relic Of the ManQcr.
Said to Exist in Rome-I the Object of Veneration Each
Christmas Day-nteresing Mysteries
Based the Nativity.

On Christmas day the Christian world
contemplates the Savior in the stable at
Bethlehem, the gospel of the day describ-
ing the journey of the mother of Christ
and His foster father. ST Joseph, to Beth
lehem, and the poverty and lowliness of
Christ's birthplace. Next to the scene of
the crucifixion. Christian interest primarily
turns to the stable at Bethlehem. and in
many shrines throughout the world the
scene is again personified through plastic
representation. particularly in Roman
Catholic edifces.
During the middle ages plays and repre-
sensations of various kinds were regularly
given exemplifying practically every phase
of the Savior's life. called mysteries and
miracle plays. They received great atten-
ton, and from the scope given them were
some moral lesson, but they finally lost all
semblance of the original design, and, in a
great many instances, partook OF rlDaldry
and irreverence.
What is said to have been the earliest
and most reverent personifcation of the
Saviors nativity was conducted by St.
francis of Assist at Greccio. near Rome,
in 1913. Here the first crib. or Manager, was
set up, and the practice has continued on
down through the centuries. st. francis
commissioned the faithful to assemble al a
particular spot well suited to a portrayal
of the drama. There were all the actual
accessories.
A stable was erected and a live OK and
an ass were brought to play their part. 1t
has been declared that this renowned saint
never officiated at the divine sacrifice in
more reverent mein. He sang the mass
with great devotion and his sermon on the
nativity of the Christ child seemed to carry
his hearers, according 10 historians, be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23
THE BEST THING ABOUT CHRISTMAS

liberality and charity abound. The
world has at last come to realize, at
least partly, the great truth that it
is more blessed to give than to re-
ceive And yet we must go still
deeper in order to find the richest
meaning of the Christmas secret.
For the best thing about Christ
mas is its eternal witness to the fact
that a celestial visitor once came to
this earth in the form of baby who
grew, as other babies grow, to man S
estate. In that child for 1900 years
men of all ranks and chimes and de-
greeS of culture have seen the
streaming in of the light of heaven
upon the darkness and mysteries OF
this earth. There was the true light
which lighteth every man coming
into the world"
Oh, let not Christmas mean any
thing less than this to us! Has the
closing year brought us bereave-
ment or any other form of sorrow
Are we under the weight of any
great burden? Do we fear the
future? Has life lost for us its zest
Let us now go even unto Bethle-
hem and see the thing that is come
to pass the very best thing in the
wide range of the Christmas joys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23
Monument to Poe.
Letter in the Richmond Times Dispatch.

Letter in the Richmond Times Dispatch.
Dear Sir: With great delight 1 read in the
Times Dispatch of Saturday, November TO-
1906. of the ordinance introduced on Novem-
Der in the city council by Mr.. H r. Pol
lard, jr., for the appropriation on the part
of the city of Richmond of 50 coo to be ex-
pended for the proposed Poe monument,
which is to cost $4,000. 1 am sure that
every citizen of Richmond and of Virginia
who will stop to consider this question will
feel that Mr.. Pollard's ordinance is in every
sense proper one, for Richmond, SO great
ly beloved by Edwar Allan Poe, should not
forget his name, and should be willing to
pay at least one-half of the cost of an ap-
propriate monument to the memory of the
greatest genius. in many respects, of Amer
lean men of letters.
The various places which Poe used to
frequent in his boyhood days, and in his
visits to Richmond, are fast disappearing.
Swan Tavern is gone, and in its place
stands the Bijou Theater, which might
well have been named the Elizabeth Poe
Theater The old theater which stood on
Academy Square, where Elizabeth Poe
played, was burned. and with it the gov
ernor of Virginia and seventy of her sons
and daughters Today Monumental Church
stands this spot. The old Allan House
is gone, and other places where Poe was
often seen have either been pulled down or
diverted from their original use. No tablets
have been erected on any building to show
Poes connection with our city. A visitor to
our capital city would never know, unless
he came in close contact with our people,
the reverence which we have for the man
who has made abroad for American litera-
ture it's foremost place.
Let us, therefore, erect without delay
monument to show to the men from the
east and west that, while other parts of
America may boast their men of letters,
Virginia has not forgot that the genius of
American letters was more closely identified
with it than with any other locality of this
country, and that he in reality is our own.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23
A NEW RICHMOND
IN THE FIELD

The Star has received letter from Mr.
E. C. Rice. secretary of the Vaughn Bible
class of Calvary Baptist Church, inclosing
number one, volume one, of The Class
News. The new paper is a single sheet
printed on one side. and covered with live
news items, editorials and a few classified
advertisements written by the editor.
In his letter Mr.. Rice says:
Il am sure that you will see that you
have a real live competitor in the inclosed
Vaughan Class News, but do not be
alarmed. 1 can assure you that we will
not try to make you divide the business OF
the CITY, if you give this great paper the
greeting it deserves. 1 know that you must
feel that we are letting you of easy, instead
of demanding the purchase OF oSS plant.
We expect to have an early reply Better
had
Two leading articles grace the first
number of the paper. They are entltled
"One More Social for ,06' and Ring Out
the Old, Ring in the New.
The first of the CLASSIFIED advertisements
reads as follows:
s'Wanted-Any young man not connected
with a Bible class, who desires to study
the Bible and find acquaintance and
friends
A splendid advertisement of the good
things to be found in the Calvary Baptist
Sunday school occupies the most prominent
position on the page.
The paper is the kind that seems assured
of success and doubtless its next numbers
will be looked for eagerly. Long may II
live, The Vaughn Bible class, which has
young men for many years, Is TOO wen
known for further report at TINS time.
dica tons are that it is still on its upward
way in the esteem of the community
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23
A Christmas Novelty.

Toy poodles knitted or crocheted of
white fancy colored wooden yarns are
a novelty in Christmas gifts that will de-
light young infants and, because of their
oddly, will interest even grown ups. For
though they were originally intended
playthings for young children, they have
become quite a fad with smart women,
who are making them to use on their dress
ing tables either as ornaments or for pin
cushions
These dogs are equally attractive 10
babies and older persons because of their
shagginess a feature in knitted and crO-
cheted animals not successfully produced
before. And, incidentally, they are really
excellent reproductions Of skye terriers
and the griffons, for the wool made in
loops of yarn is a decidedly good imita
ton of the curly coats Of these dogs.
The skye terriers in white or a grayish
blue yarn are both effective and quite as
soft and fluffy as the real pets. for, like
the living dogs, their entire bodies are COW
cred with loops of yarn that hang down
from long ears and dangle about their
eyes. The noses and mouths of these dogs
are made of black yarn and the eyes OF
large shoe buttons, giving quite a natural
and expressive look to the cunning faces.
With large pink ribbons tied in bows
about these little dogs necks they are
decorative enough to grace any dainty bou
doir, and are also practical for use as toys
for small youngsters to throw around d
nursery.
Unlike the griffons. these skyes have only
two feet-front ones-that are shaggy like
the rest of their bodies. They are made I'm
a lying position. so that hind legs are not
necessary. The claws of the feet are out
lined with stitching of black yarn.
The griffons are made on larger lines
than the skyes and are most effective be-
cause the heads and front parts of the
bodies shaggy and in sharp contrast
to the plain crocheted or knitted hind
portions, so fashioned to look as if the hair
had been clipped. The tail is, of course.
curly like the head and front legs. The
claws the four feet are brought out by
dark lines of yarn woven in with the white
gray WOOL which makes the toes dis
tinctive. The eyes are large shoe buttons
and the noses and mouths of black yarn,
made in the same way as the features OF
the skyes. The legs are short, but
stuffed with cotton batting that they
stiff and strong enough to support the
weight of the dogs body and keep 1t In
upright standing attitude.
AS toys these poodes are especially de-
sirable, because they are made of cotton
and wool and soft that child can
not be hurt by playing with them, even II
hit. Then, too, they cannot be easily torn.
and when dirty may be washed the same
any wooden cloth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23

yond the realm of the material. The
men and women who attended this service
brought lighted candles and torches, ac-
cording to their means. and this realistic
personification of the nativity must have
been a picturesque one Roman Catholic
churches today without exception set up a
crib.
Though practically 1900 years have
elapsed since the birth of Christ. large
relic. il is said. remains from this hallowed
surrounding. 1t is i'm the chapel of St
Mary Major at Rome. In the center of the
chapel is an altar of the blessed sacrament,
with large bronze tabernacle shaped like
a temple. borne on the shoulders of angels
Beneath this altar is the chapel Of the
Holy Crib, enshrining the relic of the orig
inal manager at Bethlehem. 1t is piousy be
lieved to be portion of the Manager In
which the Savior was lana. and AS above
stated. is preserved in shrine under the
altar of the blessed sacrament.
1t consists OF two rough boards inclosed
in a silver reliquary six feet high, adorn-
ed with has reliefs and statuettes. Every
Christmas ii is carried in procession
around the church. and throughout Christ
day it is left exposed for veneratiuu
on the high altar.
The present silver reliquary pre-
sented in 1880 by the Duchess Of Villa Her
mosa noble Spanish lady who had made
other handsome presents to the churches of
Rome The reliQuary took the place Of the
one plundered by the French at the be
ginning of the nineteenth century, which
had been the gift of Margaret OF Austria.
wife OF Philip III of Spain.
1t is declared by some writer's that proofs
of the authenticity of this relic are insult
ficient Whatever documentary evidence
ever existed in regard to this relic has
been destroyed OF perhaps has persisted in
the length of the ages. But on the other
hand there are a great many for whom the
traditions of Rome are sufficient.