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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-04
Tras media bora de dudas Y

TTas media hora de dudas V
vacilaclones, acabamos por ele-
CIR una tela cualquiera, en- Ia
que el esparto este 10 mejor dis
frazado que sea possible. de lana,
y no nos resta despues de tan
fat1gosa election, otro quehacer
que asistir a las "pruebas."
Las 'pruebas" son operacio-
mes muy caracteristfcas. Mien-
tras Charlamos con ell sastre,
del tempo, de politica 6 de to =
ros, va Ell concienzudo artis ta
llenandonos el cuerpo de pc
lllzcos V el traje de rayas de ia
boncillo. Despues de jar
zen su sitio" las prendas, q fuer-
Ia de estudiados goipes de ma,
no, Ell jab0n va dibujando sohre
la tela lineas caprichosas, sien-
do las t1ltimas aquellas cuatro
paralelas que, indicadoras de Ia
futura Colocaci6n de los botones,
nos producer cosquillas a 10
largo del pecho y del vientre..
POr fin, la manga, uniCa que
los sastres prueban, sale del
brazo derecho, y todo ha termi
nado. -...
A los pocos dias, el chico de
la tienda trac dObladitas Y Sill
perpuestas las tres prendas de
que Ell traje Sc compone. No
queda mas que estrenarlo. Es
decir, otra cosa terrible queda
por hacer. iPagar la factura!
Pero de este detalle hay mu-
chas gentes que prescinden.
Sobre todo en- esta epoca, "tNo
es de verano el traje2 Sc siiCen.
-Pues de verano." Y Sc
marchan sin pagar, "cabe el
AtlantiCO."
Yo, por todas esas etapas. ex-
cepto p0r la Ultima, he pasado,
~ hoy dia de la feCha tengo va
nv traJeClto l1gero ST no in
giles precisamente, por 10 menos
de aquellos que han asistido
unos meses al "Alge- School,
rs I'm trajecito "Berlitz" que
usare este verano, Y que pongO
a la disposition de ustedes.
Luis de Tapia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-04
Ell TRAJE DE VERANO

~ l. tANfl0 u ~ ~ - - ~
Ell hombre es esclavo en- la
vida, de inhnitas pequeneecs.
Una de elias eS ia de hacerse
en- esta epoca del ano un traje-
cito de campo y plaza que asi
sirva para las GALES de la Corte,
como para lucirlo por rlscos y
playas durante las excursiones
veraniegas.
Claro es que no todos los
hombres Sc preocupan por igual
de su indumentaTia. FL sabio
catedratico Giner de los Rios,
usa unos pantalones color cho-
colateP, que adquiere siempre
en- uno de eSoS grandes bazares
de ropas heChaS. No bien ell
uso Sc los desgaSta, el despreo-
Cupado maestro llama a un be
del, Y. entregandole el dinero
neCesaTiO. lie dice carinosamen-
te; "Traeme unos pantalones
de tai precio Y parecidos a es-
tos. -" Y, efectivamente, CO.
mo quien va por una cajetilla,
va el portero pOr la prenda que
don Francisco Sc pone luegO,
sin cuidarse dc que le siente
bien 8 NAL.
Pero esta sana indiferenCia
hacia el pretencioso Qrgullo en-
el vestir, tan solo la tienen los
SabiOS.
Los dcmaS hombres, vanido-
suelos y fatuos, queremoS, lie
gado este tempo, cubrir las
elegantes lineaS de los gentiles
TALES con trales que, sin mer-
mar muChO nueStrO eStudladO
presupuesto, sean de limpiO cor
te, gran moda Y g6nero tabrica-
do en- Ell mismo LOndrcs,
Y aqui empieza la luCha!
Durante los meses de Abril V
Mavo llegan d nosotros "CirCu-
lares' de variOS sastres que nos
.anuncian haber recibido las
"novedadeS de la estacion" Y
"un inmenso surtido en- g6neros
extranjeros Y del pals Ante
estas circulaTes desCOnhamos.
Leemos rapidamente sus lineas,
Cortamos la .aproveChable hoja
en- blanco de que vicnen acom-
panadas, y las arrojamos dicien-
do: "Cuando tenga que hacerme
el trajc ire a casa de Fulano." ="
Y en- este Fulano sc coloca el
nombre de I'm sastre que pOr
"Costumbre" nos viStc hacc
amos y del que no podemos
prcsCindir porque nos asusta la
idea de entablar nuevas rela-
clones con OtrO. labor harto ia
tigosa para nuestra pereza.
RcSulta, pueS, que tOdOs los
hOmbres tenemOs 'nuest1o sas
tre" que no es bueno ri malo.
perO que es Eel miSmO". Y con
el Cual usamoS de cierta agra
dable COnhanZa CuandO en- bus
ca de generOs llegamos a su
tienda.
~ este ST que es otro confic
to! La election de la tela para
''un-solo" traje. es arduo probe
ma. 'G> le hara negro. e? "tMe
le hare de color. .?' Negro,
"viste" mas, pero en- cambio
hace tan bien p0r las manana5
un terno girls
Mientras estoS pensamiertos
cruzan nuestra mente. pleas y
mas pleas de teIa cruzan ante
nuestros ojos, que Sc fatigan
contemplando aquellos tejidos
"rayadOs' "a cuadros Y de mcz
clilla eternas variedades, estas
tres, en- el dibuJo de "generos
para CaballerO.'
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-04
phn3 DEGAEo

En- la Iib:e ia del "Boletin" SC han
fecitido preciosos articulos para rega-
10, como albums con m6sica y sin ella
elegantes uecesseces para sehores, tin
trres d. plata. c:is'h. fe, ceniceros ce
."jo, ca t-r@s 6oas, estuches para lnge.
oieros, e>sucias 6aas. boquillas de
an bar, e c etc.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-04

Tenemos surtidos especial J preciOs sin
competencia: CAMAS todas de hero
$500 y asi todO 10 demas:
No comprar sin yer ell surtido On ell Gran
Bazar de NOvedades de GONZALEZ PADIN
HNOs. San Francisco 3S-San Juan P. R.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-04

pArtioulsres, sIumbrado pdblioO ahAnices r.
ada siectrico de pueblOs y Haciendas. -~
iy7 igu&tes y EVevA York.-TeI6fonos paRa
de ajefiS para esta OlaSe de instAl&eSe-
nuasuos empIeados para cumplir sns dsssee-
gIL FONOs 0giCiNA 40 FIAEFA aeS.
JAlAn 8lFKk. Administrades.
The National tribune., 1906-10-11
THE wIRZ MONUMENT.

The movement for a monument TO
Capt. Henri WirZ seems to have ex-
panded beyond the limits of the little
circle of spiteful vixens of Atlanta, and
the Camps of Confederate Veterans are
beginning to take an interest in it.
Recently the Benevolent Association of
the Army of the Tennessee at New
Orleans contributed s25 to that object.
1t did this upon the presentation that
Capt. Wirz bravely refused to bear
testimony against Jeff Davis and died
rather than do SO. The letter that
Capt. WirZ wrote to President Johnson
was read and an appeal for sympathy
was made on account of his being a
foreigner, poor, friendless and alone.
OF course, this is all nonsense, and is
one of the many fictions in regard to
the war that the South persistently
cherishes. There was no effort made
to get Wirz to implicate Jeff Davis nor
would be extended If he would do 50.
The evidence against jeff Davis was
abundant and complete without ask
ing question of Wirz. In the official
files of the War Department are reports
from Confederate inspecting officers
setting forth the horrible condition of
affairs in the prison and the awful
mortality among the prisoners. This
was a matter entirely foreign to the
charges upon which Wfrz was tried.
He was not accused of the conditions
in the prison, but of private, individual
offenses against the laws of war which
he committed out of his own devilish
volition. He was found guilty and ex-
ecuted for these acts and not for the
general offense of maintaining the pris-
on at Andersonviile. Jeff Davis and
the Confederate Government were
equally guilty for the conditions which
prevailed at Columbia, Salisbury, Camp
Tyler, Cahaba, and other prisons with
which Wirz had nothing to do The
National Tribune has repeatedly point
ed out this distinction between Capt
Wirz's own individual crimes and those
of the Confederate Government. They
are known to all men and only a de-
| termination to err makes the Daugh-
| ters of the Confederacy of Atlanta will
real issue in the trial
The National tribune., 1906-10-11

Columbia Commandery, No. 2, Knights
Templar: Albert Pike Consistory, S. R.,
and Mystic Shrine, A. N. o. NJ. s., of
which organizations he was an active
and well-loved member.
Capt. Darling was born in Coopers-
town, n. Y, in 1874 and when a boy
removed to this city with his parents.
He was married to Miss Julia F. Cock
rell, of Prince lillian County. Va, in
1862. and the day following his mar
riage, in company with two Quaker
boys, departed for Baltimore, where ha
enlisted in the Maryland Union cavalry.
After the war he was appointed to
position at Jeffersonville, Ind, where
he had complete charge Of the Quarter
masters stores at the barracks. From
there he went to South Carolina, where
he resided for a number of years. He
was appointed Cashier in the Subtreas-
ury, and was later made Subtreasurer
at Charleston, S. G. Later he received
an appointment as Treasurer of Rich
land County, with headquarters at CO.
lumbia, S. c..
In 1877 he came to this city to accept
a position in the Sixth Auditors Office.
where he had since served continuous
ly. About three years ago he was pro-
NOTED to be Chief of the Collecting Di-
vision. which position he held at the
time of his death. He was at one time
of South Carolina. After the war he
lived for short period in Kentucky.
Capt. Darling's father at one time
held a position in the Post Office De-
partment in which Capt. Darling was
employed. Capt. Darling served during
the civil war as Quartermaster-Sergea
of the Maryland Cavalry and as Captain
of the 5th U. S. Cav. He was a Past
Commander of John A. Rawlins Post.
1, G.. A. r.
Capt. Darling was an exemplary
Christian gentleman, and a lifelong
member of the Presbyterian Church
and a teacher in the Sunday
school during his early life. He
was one of the organizers of Columbia
Commandery. K T., of Columbia, S. c..
and held a commanding position in the
Order at the time of his removal to this
city. He was also 32d Degree Mason.
and always took an active interest in
the organizations to which he belonged.
For the past few years he had devoted
considerable portion of his time to
the care of his wife. who has been an
invalid. He was regarded as man of
high character and attainment, con-
scientious and honorable. and proved
his worth in every position which he
occupied during his lifetime. His wife,
Mrs. Julia F. Darling. survives him.
The National tribune., 1906-10-11

Kansas City is rejoicing over the ar
rival of the first freight boat from ST.
Louis loaded with goods. The time was
when "a boats day started from St.
Louis with goods for points on the
Missouri River, but the railroad compe-
tition has been so great that of late
years there has not been single hull
plying on those once crowded waters.
The Steamer Lora, which made the
first trip, found no difficulties, tho the
water was very low. This breeds a
suspicion that the formidable sand bars
obstructing the course exist largely in
the picturesque imaginations of the
competing railroads. The question now
is whether this first steamboat will be
the harbinger of others. 1t may be
that her sole object will be to bring the
railroads to a sense of the possibility
of successful competition by the river
and induce them to lower their rates
until the storm blows over, when they
will restore them. There is no question
but what a navigable river or a canal
is a far cheaper method of transporta-
ton for heavy goods than the railroads.
The only difficulty is in not having the
attention of the people kept continu
ously upon this method of transpo cta-
ton so that there viii be sufficient
freight sent to justify the maintenance
of the boats.
The National tribune., 1906-10-11
CUBA WILL HAVE TO r..Y.

1t has been very p:c2crly decided
that Cuba will have to :,Ry the expenses
of setting her house in order. The
United States went to the extreme of
l;berality before in paving out of its
own pockets the expenses of restoring
order in the island and cleaning up its
cities. 1t charged Cuba nothing for
the war expenses and even went so far
as to pay the so-cailed soldiers SIS each
for their guns. This was all very well
in the ebullition OF generosity toward
a long suffering people. but now 1t Is
plain business. The work of restoring
order and protecting property in Cuba
is a legitimate charge upon the prop
erty Of the island and should be met by
the taxpayers. It is understood that
all the expenses of mobilizing the
troops and transporting them to the
island shall come out of Cuban reve-
nues and also the payment OF the sal
such OF his staff as he deems necessary.
This will doubtless have a SOLDERING ef-
feet upon the leading people of the
island. but it will be Just. They have a
certain responsibility as to the mainte-
nance of order. and II they will not
exert themselves to help preserve the
peace they must pay somebody else to
do so. The President tells the Cuban
representatives that the troops will be
| withdrawn just as soon as it is safe,
but this does not seem likely before
sometime after the general elections are
held next June. No matter how the
elections go 1t will be necessary to keep
troops some time to see how the
people will accept those results. OF
course, the Cubans will not be charged
for the pay. raticns and clothing of the
troops since Uncle Sam must keep his
army on an active footing anyhow. No
matter what the cost of the interven-
ton is it is much cheaper than to have
the destruction of property and the in
terruption of business caused by the
troubles, and the saner and more INTEL
ligent of the Cubans will at once under
slant this.
The National tribune., 1906-10-11

of Maryland who did so much to keep
that little State upon the right side dur
ing the war, and he gave undoubted
evidence as to the faith which was in
him by promptly enlisting in the 9Th
Md. 1t is sufficient to say of this regi-
ment that it belonged to the Sixth
Corps and was worthy of it. Comrade
King was repeatedly wounded and suf-
fers yet from this. He was taken pris-
Oner and held by the rebels for some
months. He has always been an active
Grand Army man; has been Command
er of the Department of Maryland, G..
A. r., and succeeded to the Command
er-in-Chiefship upon the death of the
lamented Blackmar. He discharged
the trying duties so unexpectedly de-
volving upon him in a manner to win
the warmest praise of the comrades all
over the country. Personally. Comrade
King is n genial, loveable man and IS
worthy of all the affectionate admira-
ton that the comrades can give him.
The National tribune., 1906-10-11
THEY SHOULD LEARN OUR LAM
GUAGE.

1t is not hopeful sign that Senor
Nicolas Rivero, Editor of the Diario de
la Marina, of Havana, the principal
Cuban paper had to conduct his
interview with the President and
Secretary Root by means of an
interpreter. 1t would seem that
the editor of paper in Havana, where
the relations are so close and contin-
uous with the United States, should
have learned English long ago. and it is
not promising of his understanding OF
Americans and their spirit that he has
to communicate with them in Spanish
and thru an interpreter. A man cannot
comprehend Americans and American
ism without being thoroly conversant
with the American language and it is
far from creditable to Senior Rivero and
his compatriots that they have neg
lected this very necessary part Of their
education. At all events Senor Rivero
got the following distinct expression in
very clear and unmistakable English.
with every word weighed and full OF
meaning, which we trust will suffer no
loss of force or distinctness in its trans
lation into sonorous Castillian:
"Y ou can be certain that the United
States will not permit chaos and dis
order to rule in Cuba. The means to
prevent it in the future must always be
determined by then existing conditions
and with reference to our solemn obli-
cations to the people of Cuba"
1t will be immensely to the advantage
of Senior Rivero to learn this much
English and comprehend it's full mean
ing as we understand it. 1t may take
many pages of Spanish to convey all
that it means, but the work will be well
worth the trouble.
The National tribune., 1906-10-11
PEOPLE.

Gov. 1de, as his last official act in the
Philippines, pardoned Hiiariod del Pla-
edo, the Filipino who so greatly aided
Gen. Funston in the capture of Agui-
| naldo. Placido has been serving life
sentence for the murder of an insur-
gent while he was serving under Lieut.
Wiler in 1900. The murdered man was
Pedro de la Cruz, who was the chief Of
a very dangerous band of insurrectos
Lieut.. Wiler captured him, but released
him on parole. De la Cruz broke his
parole and returned to his forces. and
Placido was sent after him and killed
him. Three years later Placido's enc
mics succeeded in getting him before a
court and convicting him of murder
The Army officers who We're acquainted
with him Immediately began trying to
have the sentence set aside, and Gen.
Funston was particularly interested.
Th case was carried to the Supreme
Court, but that tribunal affirmed the
! judgment of the lower court This did
not discourage the officers, who set
forth in detail how Placido's quick wit
and courage made Aguinaldo's capture
possible, and that he was justified in
his killing of La Cruz. Gov. Ide care
fully examined the facts in the case,
and this led to his giving Placido full
and free pardon.
Inc HTSt romance OF wireless teieS-
raphy has proved failure. DR.. Lee De
Forest, Vice President of the American
De Forest Wireless Telegraph Com
pany, is suing his bride of seven
months, whom he wooed and won by
means of wireless telegraphy, for abso-
lutte divorce, naming Dewitt c. F'lana-
gan, the millionaire brewer, as CO.
respondent. The wedding of the De
Forests last February, in the st. Regis,
in New York. was a notable affair be-
cause of the dramatic nature of the
courtship. Mrs. De Forest has filed her
answer, entering an absolute denial to
all her susband's charges of miscon-
duct, and she will fight the suit to the
end. She asserts her husband was un-
duly jealous, and that all his suspicious
were unfounded, but that she was COM
PEELED to leave him because of his ac-
cusations against her.
Within 80 hours after his wife had
divorced him, William j. White, Presi-
dent of the Chewing Gum Trust, owner
of Star Pointer, and formerly a Con-
gresham from Ohio, was married at
the Holland House, New York, Oct. 8,
to Miss Helen Sheldon. 1t Is alleged
that she is a divorced woman. The
| wedding was held hurriedly and in Sc
cret in the parlor of Mr.. Whites suite
J in the Holland House. whore he has
lived since he separated from his for
The National tribune., 1906-10-11

:s'a- We. rs first wife obtained her
SivcTce Get. >, in Cleveland.
The Rev. +. w e. Peschau. d. D.. a
i.utheran minister established at
Iial!sourg. o.. has been writing some
admirable letters to the press of his
trips thru the South. DR.. Peschau
graduated from the Gettysburg Luther
an Seminary some time after the bat
tie. when the great historic struggle
was fresh In the minds of everyone
His father was a loyal German. and he
was brought up in the atmosphere of
the war at Wheeling. W. Va. where
the commonest sights to his boyish eyes
were soldiers marching to the front.
He Is both learned and eloquent and
imbued with sincere love for the
cause and the men who fought it to
triumph. and has given large share of
his time and abilities to their service.
He Is an acceptable speaker at all their
Reunions and other gatherings and on
Memorial Day. His letters from the
South are exceedingly interesting. as
they breathe the spirit of a man who
knew and appreciated the services rem
dered the Nation upon the battlefelds
that he visits.
William Rice. an old Confederate
veteran at Schencks Sulphur Springs
committed suicide Thursday by taking
Paris green. The cause OF the act is
said to be melancholy over crop pros
poets, and general financial embarrass-
ment. He was Familiarity known
throughout the country as "Bill Arp"
and his writings. which were of the
crudely humorous type. were widely
published in the South.
Oscar G. Murray. President Of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. not only
laughs at the silly superstition of num-
hnr hrtt ha fc IN aNAr oil rx-itt <I,.
number as a lucky one. He chose
Sept. 13 for the formal occupation of
the company's new s2,000,000 Office
building in Baltimore. and regretted
that the day was not also Friday. II
was begun on Friday. the 18th, and
planned to be completed by Friday.
Sept. 13, 1906. He got his first job on
the railroad Jan. 13. 1872. and has
held 13 offices since. He takes box 13
in the safe deposit vaults. and wherever
he can conveniently get the number he
selects 1t for any purpose.
The body of Daniel O'Day. the Stand
ard Oil man. will be brought from
Paris. where he died, for interment at
Buffalo. N Y. There is no doubt that
his funeral will be one of the largest
in the history of the city. Mr.. O'Day
was a strong, lovable character who.
while he was eminentiy successful in
making money and in advancing the
interests of the Standard Oil Co., was
widely helpful and philanthropic. He
was born in ireland 90 years ago, and
began working for the Standard Oil Co.
in very humble capacity. His abilities
and force of character brought him
forward rapidly. but he never forgot
the men with whom he did the heavy
work in the oil fields in his youth He
accumulated many millions, and tried
hard to help other men to do the same.
| While he was an ardent Roman Catho-
lie he had a strong affection for other
churches. and applications for subscrip-
tions to them were rarely refused. He
fought bravely and squarely for 80
years to advance the Standard OILS in
terests and was unusually successful.
The National tribune., 1906-10-11

There are many elderly ladies in the
world besiue those in Atlanta who do
not know what to do with themselves
and their time, but are anxious to en-
ploy both themselves and time in some
way that will make them unpleasant I }
their neighbOrs. A number of these
are enrolled in what is called the Anti
Vivisecti6n league, and they have re-
Gently erected, a $3.50 granite drinking
fountain in London to the memory of a
brown tHrrioT' which the inscription
says died latter having endured vivi-
section extending over more than two
months and having been handed from
one vivisectorto another till death came
to his release" 1t would seem that
with the amount of human misery in
the world all around these old ladies
they might fnd some way in which to
employ their time, energy and money
in a manner, more pleasing to the Lord
than this" However, that type of wo-
man, whethefli in Atlanta or in London,
is not nearly so anxious to- please the
Lord as she Is to displease somebody
else.
The National tribune., 1906-10-11
THE PIXIES PEAK HoNoRs.

/ The usual small-minded critics are
trying to snatch Zebulon Pixies honors
by claiming that he did not discover the
peak which bears his name, but that it
was knd3Fn t6 the Spaniards for a long
time an9. that he never really ascended
1t. This IL the meanest form of lying.
because st fRntains half truths which
are the worst kind of falsehoods. 1t
is true that the Spaniards had known
Pixies Peak FOR century or more. but
this is like saying that the Chinese had
discovered sunpowder and the marin
er's compass and lots of other things
centuriese before the people Of Europe
did. This may be true. but that is all
the good it did them and the world. II
they made those inventions they did
nothing whatever with them, and the
world was no better for 1t. The Span
iards knew Pixies Peak as they knew
the fertile prairies. the great rivers. the
gold mines, and thousands of other
things which they stumbled over and
Gen. Pike, with the greatest tact and
heroism, undergoing terrible difficulties
and all the time with his life in dan
ger from Spaniards and Indians, pene-
trated to Pixies Peak with a handful of
men and blazed way which his busy.
restless countrymen at once followed.
There was more of what we call prog
ress In the 25 years after Pixies cele-
brated voyage than there had been in
the two centuries of the Spaniards'
present development followed Pixies
exploring tour, and it probably would
not have followed the Spanish occupa-
ton for centuries yet. Thus in truth
cause he brought it to the attention of
people who quickly developed great
States from the regions surrounding it
He never claimed to have ascended the
peak, but distinctly said in his journal
that his thinly-clad men could not
brave the rigors of the Winter on its
inhospitable crest. He was followed,
however, very soon by better-clad men
who did climb the mountain. The name
was given many years after Pixies dis
and of his gallant service under the
Stars and Stripes, where he met a hero's
death. The country rang with his fame
and the best monument to him was the
can eyes to behold it were his.