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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1906-01-16
COMMERCIAL.

El senior Eustoquio Diaz y Diaz, de
Gurabo, nos participa en- atenta circular,
haber vendido ell establecimiento mercan-
til que giraba en- dicho pueblo bajo su
nombre, al sefior Gregorio Rivera, que
continuara en- los mismos negocios que su
vendedor 4 quien deseamos mucha pros
peridad.
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MEDALLA De PLATA.

La ha obtenido, merecidamente, en- ell
certamen de la sociedad "Libertad Borin-
quefia,' el compositor poncefio senior Rios
Ovalle, que concurrio q dicho certamen
con la DANA titulada Isabel
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LINEA FERREA DEL oEsTE

ItinerariO.-salidas de Bayam6n y Capt..
tai simultaneamente.
Dias Observation-Disclosures 6, 8. Is, 80
9.45 11.00. Tarde 1915, 1.45, 8.15. ABS, $40
6.15.
Dias festivos.-Mafana 6, SIS, $50. e.45
$50 y 6.15.
Biuetes baratOs para dias festivOs. De
Catano Bayam6n, ida y vuelta IL cIase
$O-25 % clase $0-I6. De Bayam0n CstafIo
ida y vuelta 1% clase $0-15, - cIase SO-IO.
Biliete ordinario de Capital Cataflo en-
q clase centaVos
Bayamon, Is de 6eptiembre de 1903. Rs
mon ValdAs.
En- esta imprenta se vende papel de pc
ri6diao viejo Ss2-O0 ouintal.
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sabe hacerlo en- todo aquello que, como
esto, afecta de una manera muy directa
al progreso moral = polftico de esta isla.
s'Os saludamos Entertainments desde los
wales de Ponce & 26 de noviembre, era
vulgar, del afio del Senior de 1905. Pc
DRo A. PAsToR, Ven... Maest... !"
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COCHES.-Por s125 Sc vende una
magnfica calesa, con su arnes, recibidos
por 1ltimo vapor Vendo tambien otra
POGO usada, en- $50. F. FANO, santur.
ee, entire la parada II = 18.
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La bombillas "sterling Special dis
tribuyen igualmente la luz en- todas direc-
clones, por 10 tanto alumbran mas que
las otras Unico dep6sito para la venta
en- Puerto Rico, Sociedad An6nima de Luz
Electrica.
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El seiOr Ernsstu Busquets faIIeGiO
en- Mayaguez.
(POr telegrqto.

Hoy recibimos de Mayaguez Ell siguien-
to telegrama:
"Mayagiiez, Enero 16.-11 35 a. m.
Correspondence. = Ernesto, mi hijo,
falleci6 hoy a. m.-Busquets.
Nuestro mas sentido pesame 4 Ia familia
del malogrado joven, que era un compas
triota de valer.
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midades del cuerpo, la anomalia en- la con-
fguraci6n externa de los ojos, brazos 8
piernas, 8 cualquier vestigio de enferme-
dades especffcas; las manifestations de la
piel en- forma demanchas 0erupciones por
dltimo las enfermedades que aparejen inu-
tilidad defciencia para el trabajo como
las hernias, hidroceles etc.
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INTERMEDIATES DE LOS OJOS
Tratamiento medico quirugico
DR.. RAFAEL DEL VALE
Consnlta de III a4pm Fortaleza. 16
ExtraViO 0 Sustraccion.

Sc ha sufrido el de un documento sus.
critic mi favor por los Sres. Saldaha &
TO-, S. en- G. q veneer en- 80 de Ab1il de
1906. por la cantidad de $50O0.OO, CO.
mo quiera que la perdida ha sido despues
de haberse puesto mi endoso en- blancO.
Por Ell presente Sc pone este hecho-e en- como
cimiento del pGblico en- general, para que
Sc sepas que cualquier endoso es Illegal y
que ese documento por las parties interesa-
'das es considerable como nulo sin valor
alguno.
Humacao, Diciembre % de 1905.
A,fo4,So TS,a- H,,1,,I.,
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MATRIMONIO.

Anoche contrajeron matrimonio civil
los estimables j6venes de esta capital seno-
rita Gabina Ramirez y don Pedro Ramf-
rez Dompier.
Eterna luna de miel deseamos q tan
simpatica pareia.
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Los alemanes podran guerrear no
con los americanos, por tarifa mas 8 me
nos, pero el mejor hotel de San Juan es el
"Hotel Helvetia," de Pedro Schira, Cruz
97
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visto Sc Ia hizO, en- confanza, al joven
Burgos.
Ef Abogado Falcon, defensor del aeusa-
do, pidi6 Sc suspendiera el juicio por no
haber comparacido Ell testigo Sargento Pao-
Ii, que habfa tenido que asistir otro jul
clio que Sc le citara judicialmente.
EI juez suspendi6 el acto para conti-
nuarlo el q del actual. dispopiendo Sc
cite al testido de la defense.
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EnVenenamientO de un niiO.

Un chico de amos de edad, Guillermo
Pomares, hijo del popular artista don Sill
vestre, mGsico del battalion puertorTiqueho,
envenen6se con una poci6n de yodo, que
tomo, desde luego sin pensar en- el jamon-
citO en- que Sc meta.
Ell jovencito Pomares, esta va bien,
pues fue oportunamente auxiliado, 10 que
celebramos.
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ERRETERH Y TEgIDo d pUNTos. TANcA NIJN. 8.

cinturone
Cpiehos biscuit Oe rgalOs ugus de OCCASION OtrOs nnu
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30 V. &.

Antonio Lopez Cuadra.
90
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Gran pintura aguarras
musbe cu tOdO faman Oecn prec cotpmeeno
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
ANOTHER FRAUD.

"a separate law has Just been passed by Con-
gress penalizing the use Of the words u. S.
Assay in stamping the fneness Of metal. Some
Of the very cheapest watch cases made are
stamped u. s. Assay AK OF course that con-
veys the impression that the 1neness of the
metal is certified TO by the government, and 1t
has a great effect upon ignorant people. Some
times the manufacturer has stamped it u. Sas-
sy' 20 avoid legal complications.
Gold chains have been a frequent Of
extra profit Six and carat chains would be
marked ii and 1S or dipped to give them a
coating only.
"A jewelIer selling a cheap 5l5 carat we'd
ding ring for Is making big illegitimate
profit on the transaction. But all these things
will end now, and the effect of the new law
for which the best interests of the trade in the
country have worked-and even manufacturers
who have been turning out falsely stamped ar
tices have supported the bill from the start
viii be tAat the public can rest assured that
any article marked 1Sk.' viii be IS carat"
This was the unanimous opinion OF a great
many jewellers interviewed, all OF whom ex-
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
Instances of Imposition Practised Buyers Which Will
Be Prevented in Future by Stringent Federal
Law just Passed.

offers Of $4,000 in a single order for - carat
cases marked Ia by dealers who prefer TO
handle that class OF goods. The firms who ac-
cept orders of that kind will now have to stop
the practice, and the case Of one man here in
New York who said. This law will put me out
Of business will be by no means a single in
stance. The honest manufacturer will now
reap his reward, but it has been hard shedding
these last three years. Many Of the makers OF
falsely marked cases did not put their names on
the goods. Once they were content to stamp
the case IA or IS as the case might be- but
as the trade developed and with no law IN
stop the deception. they grew bolder and made
it lax and 18k.' A frequent trick is to make the
cap, which is the inside cover of the movement
of brass, and mark the case itself gold
PROBABLY the greatest number of dupes on
Watcnes are the people served by what we call
the East Side trade. Their customers are the
Jews and Italians OF the East Side MANY oP
heavy gold watch, to give their friends and busi-
ness associates an idea of their prosperity and
Importance They want heavy watch. and
they usually get it, 1t is stamped Il carat and
IS often below Carats. The East Side man
rails in love with a big gold watch that weighs
a lot. For his benefit a great many of them
nave lead concealed under the spring This
gives the timepiece the much desired worth-its-
weight-tn- gold feeling, and 1t is not perhaps
until the owner wants to dispose of the watch
that he finds how he has been fooled Rut
tney are waking up on the East Side, and one
big firm there that we supply has been maxine
a campaign the last few years. and our sales
TO that firm. which only handles honest goods
nave jumped up thousands of dollars each wear
we sell a great many watchcases to jap
aneSe JobDers The Japanese will not as a rule
Duy any falsely marked goods, and their i'm
poTtauonS are confined almost entirely to Is
carat goods. On the other hand an enormous
number Of cheap watches, falsely marked are
sent to the South American and Central Amer
lean countries. the inhabitants there being ea-
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01

and to be tolerated at all should be discreet IN
making their presence known. One thing above
all others TO be borne in mind is the fact that
our natural and native perfume is largely IN
fuenced by our food and drink. and that no
artificial scent is ever sufficiently strong TO COM
pletely disguise it,
With all that an agreeable perfume is a de-
light to the senses. provided it is refined. and OF
a varied character. Even the most pleasing
scents are apt to pail if too long continued with
out relief. Few people realize the extent 70
which the power OF smell plays role in our
existence. or how profoundly we should be af-
fected if deprived thereof, since the olfactory
nerves are closely allied with those Of taste.
The latter, indeed, cannot be exercised without
the aid of smell, as any one can convince HIM
self by holding his nose and closing his eyes.
and then attempting to distinguish between a
slice Of apple and slice of turnip.
Just in the same way as there is a harmony
in colors and in music, so there is a harmony in
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
If ANY Subject of the Mikado Acquires Our Odor by
Long Residence Here He Is Not Allowed to
Become a Soldier, Says Ex-Attache.

perfumes. and without going to the length OF
Count Robert de Montesquiou, the high priest
Of the aesthetic cult in France, who INDUCES
in raptures on what he describes as symphonies
of perfumes, it is certain that we are swayed
to great extent in manifold phases OF our ex-
istence by the extent TO which the odOrs that
force themselves upon olfactcry attention
blend with or repel those to which we have be-
come accustomed and 20 which we have taken
a liking. Indeed. it is not an exaggeration TO
assert that smells have bearing upon interna-
tional politics, and 1 for my part as ane who
has lived in the Orient. and who possesses some
knowledge Of the Japanese, acquired, not by
mere visits TO Dai Nippon, but by residence
among them, have never had much faith in the
durability. or in the value Of the alliance be-
tween Great Britain and Japan. For how is It
possible to place any confidence in the union Of
two races who charge each other with eXhaling
an offensive odor from their persons; and how
can the English be foolish enough TO depend
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01

manufacturing trade" said E T. Wilson, Editor
of THE Jewellers Circular Weekly" and one OF
the committee interested, land the same thing
is going to be true in the case of manufacturers
of gold watches, rings and jewelry OF all sorts
It will bring the unscrupulous practices TO
sudden and permanent end. 1t will amply pro-
tect the public.
Some of the practices which have been going
on have been curious. One firm near Providence
has popular line of cheap rings. Those marked
IA carat have small amount OF gold IN them
but those marked IS carat solid brass. In
this case, and in the majority there is no decep-
the rings to the jobber for just what they are,
but by the time the purchaser obtains them
there has, of course, been deceit and as the vast
majority Of customers know very little about
gold, they often pay large prices for next to
worthless articles. Patrons Of instalment
houses suffer, and here on New Yorl's East Side
there is an enormous traffic in brass cheerfully
marked IA or IS carat
Il have seen orders from retailers to manu-
facturers for so many rings Of 3 carats, mark
them 49, In those cases the fault lies with
the retailer He tempts the manufacturer and,
the latter is in no way deceiVlng the man
who pays him, he stills his conscience. But the
new law strikes at the manufacturer and holds
him responsible. Hence he will not be willing
to run the risk of conviction, and will cease
stamping gold with a fictitious value and the
retailer will have no opportunity of securing
such articles even If he wishes TO do so. That
is what has happened in regard to silver Not
long ago the Vice-president OF one or the largest
manufacturing concerns in the country had as
says made IN all parts of the country or articles
made by small concerns under suspicion, ana
in not one case did any article fall below 300
fine, yet only fifteen states have any law to
cover silver. Before the silver stamping laws
were passed by the different states many ar
ticles stamped sterling .925 fine were assayed
and ran all the way from 0G0 to 800 fine. To-
day it is punishable by law TO stamp as sterling
any silver article under 925 any gold as
coin under 800.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01

pressed qualification over the good results that
were to come to every one except the real
"black sheep of the trade from the new law
Agitation for silver law began in 1894 in
this state" continued Mr.. Wilson. Our efforts
were defeated at two sessions by certain dry
goods interests. But the law was passed, with
similar ones in fourteen other states, and the
more fraudulently marked silver ceased to be
in evidence. The present national law is big
thing 1t went through the two houses of Con-
gress without delay. and will go into effect
year from date. Most of the jewelry is manu-
factured in three parts of the country-Provi-
dence and Atteboro, Newark and New York.
From each of these a committee was appointed
to interest Congress. New York passed a gold
law in January, Pennsylvania one in 1897 and
Connecticut one in 1897. The new law covers
the entire country"
Wholesale frauds have been perpetrated upon
the public by the sale of fraudulently stamped
WatchcaseS. A man buying a watch with a
movement made by one of the big watchmak-
ways the case is made by a different concern
and the works only are from the manufacturer
whose trademark he knows. j. r. Gleason, of
Appleton q Robbins, who are the selling agents
for the Waltham movements and who started
the agitation which resulted in New York State
passing a gold stamping law, said I'VE grew
tired of finding that the Waltham movements
were often placed in cases which stamped
"A and Is carats. but were nothing of the sort.
man who had bought a 'Waltham watch,
which was, OF course, Waltham only in move
ment, would come in here and register a hearty
and determined kick on a matter in which we
were perfectly innocent We circulated a petit
ton among the watchcase makers and other
manufacturers and dealers in gold articles and
after three years hard work New York passed
a law covering the matter and similar to the
silver Jaw already in effect. The national legis-
lation accomplished last week is much more
comprehensive, and is a sequel to the action
taken in this state.
~ had some peculiar experiences in getting
signatures to the petition. One manufacturer
was making cases and marking them falsely.
but sold them to the Jobber and retailer for
what they We're and was not directly deceiving
any one He declined to sign the petition. !
asked him why. My conscience won't let me,
he said Yes, know answered, You've been
marking S12 carat cases IA carat for years
I never did such a thing in my life he indig-
nantly retorted; they were never less than
carat This law is big thing for the trade
and the public"
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
ROBBED BY HIS MELTER.

i know OF one instance where a manufacturer
who prided himself do. on turning out
only honestly marked cases was mortified 70
have some of them returned TO him after
assay, which had shown that they were two
carats off, For some time he was worried over
similar complaints, until he found that the
melteT in his factory was buying real estate
extensively. Investigation proved that he was
stealing quantities OF the pure gold just before
1t went into the melting pot took a trip
abroad some time ago 70 study, the best methods
In Switzerland and England. and we always
make an assay after the alloy has been added
These slips show the assay fneness Of the gold.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01

The doom Of gold-coated brass jewelry marked
'lS carat OF S-carat rings marked IA carat. -
OF watchcases marked far above their real quail
1ty, gold" cuff buttons with brass links cheap
alloy wedding rings boldly called IS carat, gold
chains which were brass dipped" in a solution
Of gold and sold as the solid metal and hun
ored and one other devices successfully worked
FOR years upon an innocent public has been
sounded.
A law just signed by President Roosevelt will
protect the public from unscrupulous rnanufact-
urers and dealers in jeweIry who have for years
been Goisting on the public spuriously marked
gold articles. Now it becomes nisdemeanor to
stamp any article OF gold or silver as being of
a quality more than it will assay. This fraud
has been crying evil in the jewelry trade, and
&c has been by the hard and earnest work of the
best interests OF the trade that the attention Of
Congress has been effectually called TO the
abuses which have been in vogue Not waiting
Cor outside reformers to investigate trade condi-
lions, the jewellers themselves called upon
Congress 70 penalize fraudulent work, and so to
protect honest manufacturers and dealers, as
wen as the public. The average man buys Jew
slry with his eyes shut. fguratively speaking,
end up 90 the present time he has had very little
protection. The new law makes it prohibitive
sor any manufacturer to run the risk of deceiv-
Ing the retail dealer or OF abetting him in the
GOOD RESULTS EXPECTED.
'The effect Of the new law VIII be entirely to
cleanse the market OF fraudulently stamped ar
ticles," said H A Bliss. OF the Gorham Com
Dany, who was chairman Of the committee which
interested Congress in the matter. Conditions
have been very bad with regard to alleged gold
articles OF 5ewelry." continued Mr.. Bliss.
Brooches which We're largely made OF BRASS.
cuff buttons with links and inside parts OF brass
and rings OF carat marked IS have been
foisted on che public by unscrupulous dealers,
7. and am sorry to say by many houses which
sou would not suspect to be guilty OF these
Y practices AS TO silverware. do not believe
1sthat there IS single article OF silver on sale
bsn New York to-day marked sterling that would
Z mot come up TO the proper percentage IN assay.
The laws passed in fifteen states including this
one. some ten years ago put a stop TO the
fraudulent marking OF silver within three
months. The new law. which is national and
1 inclugive OF gold as well as silver, viii have
the same much needed effect on the manufact-
urers who have been INSCRIPTIONS in regard 20
g marking gOid'
8 ''The ten indictments and two convictions
3 which followed soon after the State Of New
York passed law making It a misdcmeapor TO
stamp as sterling silver which would not assay
.ss9-3 or more had tremendous effect on the
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
MISSIONARY WORK.

A. H. Stearns. maker of a we'll known watch
case, spoke along the same line Our firm
has had a missionary travelling for two years
among the retailers" said Mr. Stearns "help-
ing US fight the competition Of the unscrupu-
lous manufacturers. The public has no idea
OF the amount OF falsely marked watchcases
which are sold annually. We have refused
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01

upon the corporation in time Of trouble by a
people who proclaim the perfume Of their allies
20 be a valid cause for divorce, and who insist
that there is a distinctly rancid" favor about
their British friends? E&-ATTACHE
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
a SUCCESSFUL FRAUD.

That the retail jeweller is not always avars
Of the true value OF the articles he deals in 3
illustrated by story told on himself by
jeweller who asked about the new law. Re
hauled out a pair OF initial cur buttons. and
said; There was one firm which made fortuna
manufacturing series OF initial cuff buttons
Of which these are a sample. They became 8
rage at one time. although they look a little cd
fashioned now. The manufacturers sold them %
the retailers for S3 - a pair, and we sold them
Tor 50 a patr- .iad been dealing in them three
years when an upstate teweHer friend or mins
came INTO my store one day. He looked at Ons
OF them. became suspicious and called my attsl-
ton TO them We found that the plate on whica
the initial was riveted was solid brass: so Wes
the link bar, and after an assay we found JUS
80 cents worth Of gold in the pair Of cuff bu,-
tons. and that had been simply thin coaeins
over prIsS The craze Tor initial cum buttons
ana cleverneSS IN obtaining s. % a pair. whole.
sale. for cuff buttons containing so cents wortA
OF gold caused an enormous profit 70 the man--
factUTers'
Dipping brass chains in an acid solution q
gold and then stamping the chain Il or IS cara.
Jeweller with So worth OF gold 10000 penny.
weights of brass chain can be given thin goll
covering. Five dollars worth OF gold used @
doctor forty pounds OF brass isn't bad. is tr-
The man who meets you on Broadway q.
the BOWery with. Here's Weddin' ring ltss
Picked up. You can have it. boss. for two 0o--
pretty we'll known species OF crook His FN-s
are worth - a dozen. sometimes. ] think -
king Of those chaps was an IriShman Wi'
worked New York thoroughly some years ae%
But he never bothered with trying 70 transee.
business on the street. and with men who rien,,
take a notion into their heads to grab him a1t
yell for the police. He confined his attentie1
10 the basement doors OF private residences. 81
when the servant girl answered his AnOeN y
poured out piteOUs tale OF a wife who lta
just died and the necessity OF scrapins tosat.e.
enough for the funeral and would she take ply
and buy the wedding Ting-sOlid sOlc'-tLo.st
him for So. and sure he would be hack VIM.
a month TO buy the ring from her. ana nlesS ~
sweet nature When I was superintenolnG niciN
Ing into a new house on 18th street ne AappetlS1
to appear az the basement door, OF course.
saw at once that the ring was spurious. ana ~
confessed TO me- hut without remOrse and Win
a laughing. 'Shure. sOr, the rings cost me -
the dozen. and yesterday I faxed one on Ctlles
Byrnes's cook he slipped around tho ees--as
and OF 70 new AelGs og humhues'
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01

as the new law does not go into effect for 3
year, and there is now a large stock Of fraUdu-
lently marked goods on hand which must Be
got rid of in the mean time
BY the new law all gold and silver articles
must be plainly marked as 20 their quality
whether plated. filed. rolled or eIec troplated,
and. If solid. to hneness Silver articles
muSt not vary more than four One-thOusandths
part nor gold three ons-thOusandrhs part for
watchcaseS and fiat ware, nor vary more than
one carat in an article made up of various parts
soldered together Silver articles thus made Up
part Five hundred dollars fine or three months
imprisonment or both is the penalty for Vi0-
lation of the new law"