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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-03-03
Nota del dia

Actualmente gestiona una
importante comision que re-
preSenta a los agrlCultorcS de
la region cafeteria de Yauco, Ia
construction de una carretera
que neceSita aquella ComarCa
para que los barrios producto-
res del riquiSimo grano puedan
hacer c6modamente sus trans
portes, V los agricultores Obten-
gan econOmias cOnsiderableS
gozando a la vez de la prima
que tiene EN- los merCadoS cu-
ropeos e! cafe de la jurisdiction
referida
Sucede en- la aCtualidad que,
por la faIta de caminOs. la pro-
duccion en- aquel diStrito cafe
terO eS menor de Ia mitad de 10
que pudiera ser, ST la rebaia V
la faCilidad en- los tranSportcS
deJara a benehcio de los agri-
cultoreS OtrOs rendimientos. Y
ocurre tambien que muchOs ba-
rrioS que son de la jurisdiction
de 4aucO. tienen que llevar Ell
grano que Cosechan a otros pun
tos de embarque, perdiendo in
Justamente la prima que lc CO.
rresponde por su calidad.
La riqueZa de aquella iuris-
diCCi0n eS CuantiOSa, la COntri-
buc1on que paga eS enOrme, Y
sin embargo, parece que la fa-
talidad la condena al mas injus-
to Olvido Y a la mas censurable
preterici0n.
Los comiSiOnados de Yauco,
han celebrado conferencias con
los representatives de los pOde-
res publiCOs, a los que han pre-
sentado eStadisticas minucio-
sas de la production cafeteria,
listas detalladas de los propie-
tariOS agr1COlas, pianos admira-
bles del prOyeCto de carretera
que ha de unir a casi todOs los
pueblOs de la jurisdiction con
Yauco V Lares, han demostra-
do ante la cOmisi0n de la Ca
mara y ante Ell gobierno. que el
pals ganaria cOnsiderablemen-
tie, aquella comarca de un
mOdO particular, ST la construc-
ci0n de la Carretera sc realiza
en- Ia forma que ellOs solicitan.
POr fortuna eStamOs en- una
epOca favorable a toda gesti0n
que sea heCha en- beneficio de
la industria CAFETERIA. TodO ell
pals vibra entusiaSmadO, CON
mOvidO. al Or que sc ha abla del
cafe, que Sc le defiende, que Sc
lie trata de salvar de las inius-
taS preteriCiones, de los aniQui-
lantes abandonos que sufre en-
la metr0poli.
Es un clamor general que res
ponde a un estado de opinion
colectiva. el que defende la
protection de esa riqueza, tan
tOrpemente malbaratada pOr los
que no son capaces de compren-
der 10 que signiflCa para Puerto
Rico, 10 que supone, 10 que re
presenta ese producto privile-
gladO de nueStrO suelO.
De todas parties llegan mott
ciaS de que Sc hace algo, de
que Sc organiza algo, de que Sc
moviliZan los plantadoreS, de
que Sc asOCian los cosecheroS
Y Sc proyecta una liga agrarla
en- beneflciO del cafe.
La pTensa, todos los diari0s
con sus voces poderosas de
aliento, De lucha Y de saliva
cion, cooperan decididamente.
deSpues de haberla iniCiado, a
la obra de reconstruir nuestra
prlmera lnduetria, que eS la
base de nueStro siStema ecOn0-
mico.
EI dnico que NADIA hace en-
favor de la agriculture es Ell
gobierno.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-03-03
Teatro del "?arque''

Esta noche es Ell de5m de Ia Com
paflla de zarzuela espaf1ola, ponien-
dose en- escena, "Ensefianza libre ),
obra en- la que Sc distingue extraor-
dlnariamente la Nt1nez, Eel terrible
Perez La Ma zorca Roja estrc-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-03-03

F1dSId anOTa sc ma CpIcSJO
siempre, empeiladanente. obs
tinadamente d que pueda rea
lizarse Ell emprestito, no ha da-
do, como era su deber, seguri-
dades a los polfticos, que no sc
atrevcn a dar un paso sin ell
andador del gobierno. ofrecien-
doles la garantia de que los
congregantes Sc muestran par
tidarios del emprestito. Y que
.por cons1guiente, no habia que
temer la oposicl6n del Ejecu-
two.
NADIA de esto ha hecho Ell 60
bierno; sin cuidado lie tiene que
Sc levante 6 que Sc hunda nues-
ira primera y principal indus
tria, nj le inquieta nj le pertur-
ba la digestion regalona del
presupuesto, Ell saber que con-
tribuyen, en- gran parte a for
mario eSoS cateterOS por los
cuales NADIA Sc ha hecho hasta
ahOra.
Bien POGO piden para 10 que
dan, sin ninguna obligation, los
cosecheroS de cafe del distrito
de Yauco. Sc conforman con
una Carretera.
ST esa modesto aspiration la
realizan, la injuSticia abruma-
dora de que sc hace victimas a
los agricultores cafeteros, ha de
verse algo atenuada y reparada
en- parte.
En- caminos NAL hechos v, en-
algunoS CaSos. inneCeSarios, Sc
han gaStado sumas importan p
tisimas; es fabUlOso el capital
invertldo en- obras publicas. Y
es desastroSo el reSultadO Obte-
nido.
Pero no vamoS ahora a repe-
tir 10 que va tiene juZgado la
opinion, sino a poner de relic
We la necesidad lnaplazable que
eXiste de que Sc de cOmienzo
inmedlatamente a la C0nStruC-
Ci6n de la Carretera que piden
los cafeteros de YaucO.
Para una obra de ineluctable
precision como la que reCOmen-
damos, no puede faltar dinero.
Ell gobierno tiene recurSoS
bastantes, Ell parlamento puede
votar una ley especial, 81 no Sc
incluye en- el plan general de
Carreteras ,y@claminos, para dar
COmlenzO este aflO a la cons
truCCion de la Carretera de Yau-
co a LareS Y a la de Sabana
Grande a Maricao. que son
pueblos cafeteros i G II a I'm n
te, Y cuya construction esta ges-
tiOnando Cerca de los pode-
res publicos otra comision dis
tinguidisima de prohombres de
dlchaS lOcalidadeS.
Las regiones cafeteras deben
ser Objeto de una protection es-
peCial en- el sentidO que indica-
mos.
Es de justicla indemnizar de
aiguna manera a los contribu-
yentes que ayudan al Sostenl-
miento de las cargas publicas,
sin tener compensation de min
gun genera, puesto que el ca
botaje no brlnda a la produc-
ci6n cafetera ninguna de las
ventajas que a los demas pro
ductoS iusulares ofrece.
Los errores del gobierno ma
cional pueden ser reparados, en-
parte. por el de la Colonia, dan
do preferenCla a la construction
de todas las Was de comunica-
cion necesarias para que result
te mas rapido y menos costoso
Ell trasporte de la cosecha del
cafe.
Recursos tiene de sobra el 90.
blernO, raZOnes tienen pOr de
mas los solicitantes; no falta
mas que un impulse del poder
para que los agricultores no Sc
Sientan abandonados tan COM
pletamente como 10 sta n
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-02
THE PALLADIUM JUMBLED LIN CONTEST
. . . . = . . = Q . . = . Z
Conditions of the Contest.
READ EACH AID CAREFULLY.
JUMBLED WORD CONTEST.

To heighten interest in the puz-
zle page the Palladium today in
augurates a new contest-the
jumbled lines. Scattered
through advertisements on this
page are numerous lines, all set
in black face, which if properly
arranged tell a story of value to
Richmond Merchants. These
lines may easily be found, but
the proper arrangement is
difficult thing. Cut them out,
paste them on a sheet of paper
one below the other in proper
arrangement. The person max
ing the neatest and nearest cor
rect arrangement of the lines
will be awarded 81. Bring an
swers to Palladium office be-
tween 10 o'clock this morning
and 4 this afternoon. 1t does
not matter whether you are first
or last. Neatness in arrange
ment will count as we'll as ac-
curacy in properly placing the
lines.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-02
WINNER TUESDAY,.

Mrs. F. f. Branson, No. 316 No.
18th street.
Deserving of mention-George
A. Bayer, 1874 South Sth; Mrs.
J. Frank Reeves, No. 233 North
18th; S. w. Bonfoy, No. 613 So.
B street; G. w. Ramsay, 9th &
Main; Mrs. NJ. d. J. rural route
No. 1; Frank Smith, Fairview,
West Richmond.
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murs Of objection on the part of those left
behind. But seldom q young man coded
his place to a woman: for the most part
the men wanted the best places for them
selves. SO that they could be admired, or,
at least. seen. For it must be acknowl-
edged that the italian peasant, he d.
vests himself of his rural manners to as
sumo the American air, becomes vain in
the bargain.
The altar where the ceremonies were he'd
was respondent with gay colors gilt Sides
gels with movable linen wings. hanging
down the sides in devotional attitude, to
the saint for whom this shrine was in
tended. Candles burned everywhere. and
embroidered silks hung from the crowned
canopy. The aims plate was on the GEN.
ter of the altar, and practically everybody
left monetary offering, which later was
to be distributed through local charitable
institutions to destitute Italians in the
colony.
The throng, which had pushed forward
Into the street, pressed back from the cen
ter as the procession, headed by rows and
rows of children, began to pass The little
girls. all arranged according to height,
marched slowly and proud of their places
They were all dressed in white, and some
garb. White wells were fastened to their
hair, together with wreaths of small flow
ers. Then came the grown girls, also
dressed In white carrying prayer books
They took their places on either side Of
the altar. The music ceased when the pro-
cession had passed, and everybody was in
his or her place. prayer was offered to
the saint. Then two tiny girls, with their
blond hair falling around their ears in
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the rents are high: 81 for fat Of two
| rooms-bed room and Kitchen"
1T must be comfortable"
"Sicuro!'' the Italian exclaimed. as
though it we're an impossibility to consider
| 1t anything else. Il know. for 1 live there.
In our fiat we are more comfortable than
are some Of our friends in theirs We are
eight men. and six Of US sleep in the bed
Upstairs, where the families are big and
| there is little money. there are two families
in each fiat. They share the rent"
But you do not live in New York;" the
Italian exclaimed.
mot exactly" was the reply; but my
friend and I are considering coming to live
here"
YES, do You would enjoy yourselves.
signori. All, it is the nice life, this; the
life of plenty, where we have meat even
twice q week and fresh bread every day.
No, we did not have that over In my viii
lage, for l tasted meat only at Christmas.
and sometimes on our saints day"
you like 1t over here, then?'
Yes. I make money. and SO do my
companions. We make a dollar and half
day working for contractor in Brook
Ign. We quit at o'clock, and we have
plenty of time to go home, eat and then
go out to enjoy ourselves. Occasionally
we go to the cafe where we play cards
and drink little wine. All, It's the grand
life!'
italian families OF the peasant class are
generally composed Of many members, and
the courteous informant explained how the
people lived in the big tenement house.
There on the top floor one nat is used
by fifteen men," he said. They board
with Master Antonio, and they pay him
s. week. It's very high. But where the
men are alone Ats all right: the inconven-
fence is great when there are women. Of
course, then a room Is given over to them,
and the men take the other
Where are the baths?'' -.~
Eth, signor" the man said careessly,
as though answering a superfluous ques-
ton, there are none. But we have water
in every room"
Many of these peasants are handicapped
by superstitious beliefs. which they prac-
tice even in such an up-to-date place as
New York. A little boy Of about five years
Of age passed near the visitors. His head
was very dirty and scabby. The italian
companion told about 1t.
''Che volete!' he said with emphasis.
There are some women here who don't
believe in washing children's heads. They
say It's bad for the health
The man reminded the visitors second
time Of the beauty Of life in New York.
They made their way to Mulberry Bend
Park. 1t Is not far from the city hall, and
the place, before it was razed had become
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curls were lowered from above the street
by means of ropes. Their wings topped
mechanically during the descent After
reaching the altar and Offering q prayer
they arose. scattering the flowers upon the
shrine as they continued upward amid thu
applause of the multitude.
Fireworks concluded the celebration. In
the beginning there were red and blue
lights. Afterward there shot off into the
dark heavens skyrocket after skyrocket.
each of which was vociferously applauded
as 1t burst
A young couple tried to force LIS way to
the front. The woman was carrying in her
arms what was evidently her first baby.
Her husband regarded both tenderly.
"Cesari," she exclaimed. trying to awaken
the tiny man. She placed her hand under
his little chin and tenderly coaxed HIM to
look at the beautiful fireworks" But ap-
parently it was all the same to Cesari. for
he would always close his eyes and his
head would fall back against his mother 8
bosom. He cared neither for the fireworks
nor for the hundreds of children near the
altar ready to disband.
y
The festival. held in honor of the nativity
Of Virgin Mary, and also in memory Of
st. Adrian. was over. Whoever was In
little Italy that Saturday night had to
enjoy himself Italian STYLE AS The Star
men threaded their way back toward Grand
. street they paid more attention to the
tenements. The Italians in Italy would
never dream Of living in such style. An
imposing brick building seven stories high.
with fire escapes on either side, showed
number Of heads protruding out Of each
window-square heads. round heads. little
heads, big heads; heads of men, women and
children. All tried to steal a breath of
fresh air from that musty street. The
lnhp ra la
open.
That's a nice-looking building" the re-
porter said to a middle-aged Italian.
Yes, signor," the latter smiled. IT'S a
new one, too. 1t has been built only SIX
or eight months"
Are all the tenants Italians?'
Sure" he replied, making brave at
tempt to answer in English. But, signor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-30
LITERARY GOSSIP FROM ABROAD

fetal spelling in the United States is
The first edition of the Academy die
tionary was begun in 1885 and finished in
1894. The last edition up to the one now
in progress occupied forty-two years. and
was begun In 1885.
The slow progress of the "Immortals
brings to. mind the story Of Button, the
naturalist. The wiseacres OF his day pug
zled how to describe the crab in their die
tionary. They finally voted to describe the
crab as fish which walks sideways. Buff
fon was sent for and his opinion asked.
The Forty" were much discounted when
the famous naturalist replied: We'll. ex-
cept for the fact that the crab il not q
fish and does not walk sidewalks. 1t Is q
very good description" z-,54 r
~
William Van Warts recent death at
Stratford-on-Avon has practically passed
unnoticed in both American and English
literary circles. and yet the name brings
up delightful memories. MIR. Van Wart
was of the family which gave Washing
ton Irving home at Birmingham. Irving
and the original Van Wart were brothers.
in-law 1t was at the house of the latter
that the gifted American, suffering under
financial trouble, sat down one evening to
write as q relief to his feelings. Through
the summer night his pen was never stilled,
and when next morning he Joined the
family at breakfast Washington's face was
radiant with delight and his hands were
full Of sheets containing the first part of
RIP Van Wrinkle"
Marie Corelli Is lucky woman. 1.-THE
Treasure OF Heaven" Is announced as hav-
ing reached the 10000 mark in sales al
ready. At the recent Confectioners and
Bakers exhibition held here one OF the
curiosities was her latest novel bound in
candy. The cover was made of pistachio
green cream with corner designs of coffee
and gilt ana the title In pink and white
sugar. The book has been sent to Miss
Corelli and she will perhaps perform the
task OF eating her own novel.
A famous bookseller has been kind
enough to the ladies to announce that
five of the leading women writers have
OF the five leading male authors Marie
Coreilf heads the list with 100000, then
comes Mrs. Humphrey Ward with $500.
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Mrs. Williamson, 10000; Mary Cholmon-
deiey and John Oliver Hobbs with 10000
each. Then men are given the following
figures: Hall Game. $4,000; Rudyard Kip
ling. 10000: w. w. Jacobs. $1,000: +.
Marion Crawford and Maurice Hewlett,
10000 each.
But the bookseller points out that women
authors are either a very great success or
a dismal failure, while men such as Conan
Doyle. Cutcline Hyne. III. G. Wells and
Thomas Hardy have average sales Of $4,000
right along. So that IL the leading dozen
writer's OF the two sexes in England were
summed up the men would be the winners
t'+ = - -a..-s-s-s-
Philibert Audebrand, the lone survivor OF
the last generation of famous Partisan
writer's. has siast passed away at the age
Of ninety-one at his little house at Mont.
tnartre. He was the doyen Of French
Journalists. He dramatized. many of his
stories in collaboration with Henry de
kock. He was the personal friend of Vic
Theophile Gautier. Audebrand had the sat
isfaction Of reading his own obituaries
three times. They were published by mis-
take on each occasion when a man OF his
died in harness. for by his bedside was
found an unfinished article.
s.
Two years ago the French Academy
awarded the Moptyony prize to Nine. de
Guertier for her work "Contes chauvins. -
which she published under. the pseudonym
Of MacRamey. with a preface by Gen. du
Barrail. Several other books have been
published by the author, who belongs to
an old Norman family and who is a sister
in-law Of the former minister of Justice
Nine de Guertier. who has also written
several dramatic pieces which have met
with considerable success, last week appeal
ed against sentence Of six months Inn
prisonment for theft Of an ancient Eeyp-
tian ring and several antiques belonging
TO Dr. Pozzt, to whom she has acted as
secretary. The court increased the sentence
to thirteen months imprisonment. It IL a
way the French court Of appeal has. Nine.
de Guertier IL forty years old. petition
In her favor IL now being circulated in lit
erary circles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-30
What Central" Does When You Call.
From ScrihDef's

From Scribner's-
Today instead of working crank to
get ''centrars" attention, you simply put
the receiver to your Lifting the re-
ceiver or the hook lights tiny electric
lamp in the exchange. The light goes out
when the switchboard operator thrusts into
your lines answering jack a metal plug.
the tip Of the answering cord. one of
with your line. The calling cords tip.
plugged into the multiple jack of the num-
Der you give to central. lights another
small lamp. termed supervisory lamp.
Pressing key rings the bell of the given
number-that Is. of the subscriber with
whom you desire to talk When he takes
up his receiver his supervisory lamp goes
out Hence there is no lamp>alisht while
the conversation Is in progress. The re-
turn Of your receiver to its hook lights
your supervisory lamp When the other
subscriber hangs up his receiver. his super
visory lamp lights again. Both lamps
aglew apprise the operator that the con-
versation is closed. She pulls the cords
out of the jacks. thus extinguishing the
lamps and disconnecting the lines. Not a
word Of your conversation has been over
heard, not a second OF time has been
wasted. What change from the tele-
phoning Of pioneer days-the days of Edi-
CENTRAL bad language, and the twenty
mile limit!
American hurry and nervousness have
influenced the telephones line of advance.
In the old days people would forget to
ring off, and then central" had no means
of determining when conversation was
closed and the line was released except by
sending questions along the wires of the
telephone users. Now, If, after you have
put down your receiver. the other SUB
scriber still holds his own wire. his little
supervisory lamp tells that fact to cen:
trail" Comparison of the complicated and
expensive apparatus In use now with tne
apparatus OF twenty years ago would prove
that telephone sngtnsers have spared 70
pains to minimize the work required OF the
subscriber Today he does absolutely
nothing, unless lifting the receiver to biz
ear Is accounted aomsthinG.
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Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star
LONDON. September 10, 1905.
A LII unknown to the public a great
~ race has been in progress for some
time In the literary world. 1t has
been between England and France, and
England has practically won and will walk
in alone some two hundred years ahead OF
France
This race has been between the Oxford
University Clarendon Press and the Acad.
envy Of France. Both are compiling a die
tionary which Is to be absolutely the latest
and most up-to-date book in existence.
There are six dictionaries now in existence
which are reckoned very good and ap-
parently supply all wants. But the French
academy and Oxford University declared
in favor of something later. and so over
thirty years ago Oxford started its gigantic
task.
This gave the "immortals' of France a
chance to hustle. and they did. for before a
year was out they also were at work on
sides have been received The Oxford
people have got as far as A to K, L to
Mesualty, o to Piper, all Q and R down to
Reserve. The volume containing will
be issued next month.
Alas, the report from France IL not SO
good. The immortals have only reached
the letter c and do not expect to COM
plete that until 1908. Oxford expects to
. have its task completed by 1914.
Some figures of the Oxford dictionary are
interesting. In H the figures as compared
with previous dictionaries are: Oxford,
1908 words; Johnson's, 1888; Casselrs,
6.s93; Century. $500 and Funk's Standard.
$3.50.
From the beginning Of volume to the
word Infer. excluding from Graded to the
end of G. there are 1886 columns each
10A inches long and ~ inches wide. II
these were stood on end they would be
fourteen times as high as Eiffel Tower.
There are Y miles Of lines. containing a.
S21. Isl words. comprising 70. 161 384 letters
The Paris "Immortals' will have to do a
heap Of work to ever catch up on this
record. AT the present rate Of progress the
Academy dictionary will be completed In
$50 years, or perhaps 200 II the new Of