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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-10-10
Una estatua yiyiente

En- Londres esta llamand0 la
atencion de IN modo extraordl-
mario una joven que Sc presen-
ia todas las noches en- el esce-
mario del Pavilion Theatre, y
que reproduce los tlpos de
belleza femenina mas famosos
de la escultura antigua y mo-
derna.
Pero 10 que mas intriga a to-
dos, es el misterio que rodea a
miss Milo (este es el nombre de
Ia estatua viviente) y el secreto
de cierto esmalte blanco con
que Sc cubre la epidermis y que
lie da el aspecto del antique
marmol de Paros. Nadie sabe
qui6n es miss Milo, pues han
sido iR1tiles cuantos esfuerzos
Sc han hecho para despejar la
incognita. Todas las noches sc
dirige al teatro en- TN autom6-
vii cerrado, hace su presenta-
cion, Y en- el acto Sc retira.
J6venes de la mas alta socie-
dad y hasta graves miembros
de la Camara de los lores, Sc
han visto privados de trabar Co
nocimiento con la dana miste-
ROSA, que por otra parte, es
muy modesto Y denota pertene-
Ger a una familia distinguida.
Seg1n los rumores que acerca
de ella corren, es hija de TN no
bic muy conocido que ha veni-
do a menos, y tambi6n Sc dice
que es hija de IN obispo protes-
tante va difunto.
El preparado con que miss
Milo Sc cubfe el rostro Y el cuer-
po, es TN enigma que no han
logrado descubrir los mas DO
tentes gemelos de teatro. No
Sc trata de una pasta, puesto
que Sc ha comprohado que no
lleva sobre su delicada epider-
mis- ninguna sustancia espesa,
nj es tampoco grasa; 10 unico
que Sc sabe, 8 mejor dicho, que
Sc We. es que toda parece de
marmol.
La illusion Sc completa mi
randola los ojos, que aparecen
tambi6n completamente blan-
cos, sin cejas nj pestalas, Y tie
nen Ia misma falta de vida que
los de las verdaderas estatuas.
Amen de 10 antedicho, miss
Milo tiene las proporciones y
formas corporales que exlge Ell
arte clasico.
Entire las muchas estatuas
famosas que caracteriza, fgu.
ran la Venus de M6dlcis, la
Diana del Louvre, la Venus de
Canova, Hebe, Psiquis, Dorotea
Y la Venus de Milo. Para re
presentar a esta, Sc pone unos
.guantes negros, Y colocada Jun
to q TN fondo, negro tambi6n,
.causa a los espectadores la ilu-
sion de que tienen ante 81 la
mut1lada estatua.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-10-10
4poREs A NUEsTRA CONSERVATION
Vapor esp MIGUEL GALLART'

Sa1io de Coruf1a directamente para
este puerto, e1 80 de Septiembre I'll
timo, y terminadas sus operaciones,
continuara viaie para Ponce, Santiago
de Cuba, Habana, Cardenas y New
IOrleans,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-10-10
VAPOR ESPANOL "PIO TX"

Sa1dra de Barcelona el Is del
corriente para sus eSca1as acostum-
bradas y en- viaje para este puer-
TO y los de Santiago de Cuba, Habana
Cenfuegos y New Orleans.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-10-10
Servicio de cabotaie.


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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-10-10
AGENTES de los Vaporss rasotlGnticos dc
P1BIBLOS, IZQyIERDo Yoo. De OADIB

A. FOLCH & 90, DE BARCELONA
y oe THE TWEEDIE TRADING Co, vapores noruegos
Argentina Uruguay Puerto Rico Cuba Estados Undo
The commonwealth., 1906-09-28

There is but one sure cure for the
drinking disease or habit and that Is
the simplest Of all The cure consists
in eating fruits. That will cure the
worst case OF inebriety that ever af-
hicted person. 1t Will entirely de-
strOy the taste for intoxlcants and
will make the drunkard return to the
thoughts and tastes Of his childhood.
No person ever saw a man or woman
who Fked fruit and who had an ap-
petite for drink. No person ever saw
a man or woman with an appetite for
drink VINO liked fruit. The two tastes
are g. deadly enmIty with each other,
and there iB no room for both Of them
in the same human constitution. One
will surely destroy the other.-What
to Eat.
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" . q EG

Don't talk to me- iv that gazabo. :"
interrupted Policeman Tlynn sur,uls.
ing ut once who was meant .I don't
like his lallygaggin' wa-ays. Why
don't he come here like ma-an an
sa-ay, Is Maggie home? fnstid iy.
VIII yc be so kind as to ta-ake me
Ca-ard in to Miss Flynn?' Ono, whin
! was Coortin' ye-er mother things
was dinrint A felly had to be n ma-an
thin an talk Fright out plain iustld Iy
siudin' hoo-0uets with A book trilin'
iy what tn flowers shtand rr On. va
need MT sa-ay "A wor-rd. saw m
book an saw We shtudvip' iv II m,
time he STINT yo thjm r r,sas nm
things. 'T is not tb, honest wa-,v tn
Gn"
ITS a very pretty way, 'insistet the
girl, "and he is A man of both courtesy
and courage. The trouble is Won have
not been brought up in the gome at
nosphcrc."
"l'u thry him." said Policeman
Flynn. decislyely.
Please don't do anything rash,
father urged the girl
T Will not be r-rash." answered
the policeman. "'T w'ud be r-rash in
tn OF da-ays, but not with tn feIIies
that go coortin now"
Now, as matter of fact, Policeman
Flynn's daughter was quite right. Tho
vnunp rpop u,,, , ,,,,,, ,,x,..,,t
youth, but Flynn did not understand
The commonwealth., 1906-09-28

It is not often that class of schoo,
children is permitted to examine fts
teacher, but the New York Tribune
tells Of Glasgow pedagogue who was
so pleased at the way his pupils an
swered his questions in an examina-
tion that he told them they could ask
any question they liked. No one took
advantage Of the offer, and the teach
er was about to dismiss the class
wren he noticed one little chap in
deep thought We'll, what is it?" he
asked. Il was Just about to ask YOU.
sir" replied the youth, whether. IL
you were In a soft mud heap up to
your neck and was to throw brick
at you, would you duck?"
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| '28 4HIE E1ESTORY6t 81
" Oh I(NIEN lFLYNN ;
w g g g H8S35&SITNc#ZELL25o .L.N onaun
HE ADVISES HIS DAUGHTER.

"How's tn Kids, Maggie" asked Po-
hceman Barney Flynn, as he settled
himself for his regular smoke one
evening
81 wish, father" replied his daugh-
ter, with that dignity that a year or
so as a school-teacher always gives to
young woman, that you would not
call me Maggie, 1t is SO plebalan.
My name is Marguerite"
"Oho! listen to that now," e1-
claimed Policeman Flynn. "Ye was
chr-ristened Maggie. but ye-er na-ame
is MareoreeL M-m-m, now, Won
dhcr whtn th. Funch crep. into IN
family an how Z was done ufycr
hear-rd iy wan ty yc-or ANCESTORS that
wu,d Fave Frinrhmun near with
out cr-rachin him on tn head. ia
ms soon hear ye calm ye-er-sllt
The commonwealth., 1906-09-28
THE STORY.


YER since the appointment of the
70 elders over the children of
Israel, there had been trouble brew
ing in the camp of Israel, for Mir
lam did not propose to be thus
set aside" as she put it, without pro-
test. Secretly she cherished the hope
that Moses plan would not work, and
sought every opportunity of discred.
iting the men chosen by Moses. She
was indignant that Moses had ig-
nored both herself and Aaron in the
| matter.
She rather suspected that he had
thus chosen to follow the advice of
Jethro, his father-n-law, without CON
sulting her, because he understood her
prejudice against his foreign wife and
| her people, and feared that if he
asked her adyice-as he should have
done, she thOught--she would have
opposed the scheme. And what proved
irritating to her beyond measure, we're
the iDsinuations which had been
thrown out by many Of her intimate
friends that she and Aaron did not
seem to have much to do now" AS
much as to say that they were no
longer to be reckoned as factors In
the leadership Of Israel.
In this way she had nurscd her al
legged wrongs and they had grown
under this encouragement until at last
she became convinced that she must
assert her rights. She found Aaron
quite in sympathy with her feelings,
and ready to aid her in any plans she
might wish to OadopttO cOuuteTact Moses
influence and authority with the peO-
pie. They realized that they could
not openly attack the new plan Of
administration under the elders, and
as they searched Moses record they
found there was nothing they could
point to in his leadership which had
been unwise or iRdiscreet.
Everything was all right until the !
coming Of this man Jethro," exclaimed |
Miriam, more than ever annoyed be. |
cause Of the failure to discover a
flaw in Moses career.
What right has this unclrcumclscd /
foreigner among us anyway, and why /
should he have a voice in the affairs |
Of Israel?' responded Aaron.
HAS not God said that the children .
Of Israel shall not marry into the .
heather nations about them" asked .
Miriam, sudden inspiration coming
to her. WAS it not wrong that our
brother should have taken a wife from
among these foreigners? A fine ex-
ample he is for the rest Of Israel.
Here, surely, is where we may have
Just cause against hira."
An approving nod from Aaron, and
Miriam continued:
Should not Gods laws be obeyed?
Is 1t not our duty to force Moses to
put away this abomination from
among us?"
The commonwealth., 1906-09-28
Has Had Many Meaninus,

Originally the word "impertlnent"
signified merely mot belonging to-"
When Wycliffe said that there were
many men In this world who were
"impertinent to earthly lords he did
not mean that they were cheeky"
but merely that they had no masters.
Then, as used by Shakespeare, lin.
pertinent" came to mean irrelevant"
Just 200 years ago it was defined as
signifying absurd, silly, idle"
The commonwealth., 1906-09-28

lively will not be permitted in this
factory That ought to stop it." he
said, looking tickled to death over the
terrible downrightness of the words
1t did stop it, too. After that
whenever man wanted a little H.
quid nourishment, he just stepped
outside the door and took his kettle
with him. Wasn't a bad scheme,
either-they could conform with the
rules and get a breath of fresh air at
the same time.
One day the engineer, Danny Nc
Carthy, had more steam than he
needed, and got the harmless notion
of letting it off through his whistle.
She started to blow at - o'clock
and at five minutes past she was still
blowing, and there isn't whistle this
side of Halifax with throat like her.
Ten minutes after 12 Rigby dropped
the paper he'd been trying to read
and went raving crazy.
Brown" he screamed down the
speaking tube, send that engineer to
mel"
Mccarthy" he shouted, when Dan.
ny came in, what under the sun is
wrong with that whistler"
"'Tis jiggin'," said Danny, solemn
as an owl.
What do you mean by" said
Rigby, before he caught himself.
"Why don't you stop it,"
Danny looked injured.
well, now, Mr.. Rigby, ye know as
we'll as | do what a job it is to fix a
jiggin whistle"
Certainly do-certainly," said
the boy. Il understand all that, but
not knowing the precise kind of whis.
tie you're using, cant give you spe-
cfic directions for repairing 1t, Can't
you stop it-er-jgging yourself?"
We'll" said Danny, considering the
matter, "of course, the best way is to
let it blow till 1t stops and then soak
it in a pail O soapy water till It's
thoroughly cool and the lie out O. the
bearin's. That takes about three
"SNho' hSh, aSAi, Sah SNop IL "
wunst by unscrewin' the governor,
only that you run risk O. hurtin' the
injector"
Never mind the injector" said his
highness. "Unscrew the governor,
and for heavens sake, do it quick!"
And after Danny went out Rigby
connected himself with the speaking.
tube again.
Make sign, Brown" he said,
telling the men that our whistle Is
1igging--what woodland that for
the ensuing three weeks, until our
own is thoroughly cooled, they will
listen for the whistles Of adjacent
factories. Put 1t on the same post"
There's no room" Brown chuckled.
Then take another post. There's
plenty Of posts" said Rigby, going
nack to his newspaper.
The commonwealth., 1906-09-28

This all happened about FIVE years
ago-yes, it's just FIVE years tlis
month that Otis died.
Say, he was the man to run an acid
works. He was super here in the acid
works for II years running, and there
wasn't one fault found with him By
the boss or by the men, which Is Just
about as important, If not a little bit
more so.
One day, about two weeks after the
death of Otis, the boss turned up with
Rigby, a mean little boy, maybe % or
20, narrow-chested, hatchet.faced,
green from college and with an opin.
ion of himself that would have bro
ken down an ordinary mans constitu.
tion to carry.
Mr.. Rigby," the boss announced to
the men, represents the younger gen.
Grafton of chemists. He has all the
newest wrinkles in acid manufacture
at his command, and | think he'll
make some improvements here"
Next Monday morning, Rigby came
IN for business the first time.
Say, it would have made your heart
ache to see that strut! First he'd
stride through the whole place with
his hands behind his back and a su-
perior smile on his wien little face
looking this way and that way, like
bantam rooster out for a fight. Then
he'd stamp upstairs to the office Otis
had had 60 long. and throw papers
around for q while.
Shortly after he saw boy coming
In with a cargo of beer, and down
stairs he flew to Brown, the shipping
clerk and general manager of the of,
fee.
Brown" he said, there's beer
drinking going on here"
Can it be-" said Brown.
1T Isl" announced the boy. 'Tll |
put a short stop to that. Tonight,
Brown, you will discharge any man
you know to be a chronic beer-drink.
err"
What shall we do for men?" asked
Brown.
"Oh, see here!" cried Rigby, very
sharp and impatient, how many men
out of the 80 will you have to dis.
2harge?"
Thirty" said Brown.
"Ah-hum," murmured Rigby.
Then I'll take another course. Make
sign, Brown: Beer drinking posi-
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N...s...,.....,,, ,.....,,.......... -
"And is this by Rigby's orders, too?'
asked the boss, with grin.
Hardly" said Brown.
Brown" said the boss, you have a
prophetic soul. Tack up your own lit.
tie contribution to this galaxy of
asininity. It'll be highly appropriate
within the next five minutes. Tack it
up so it'll stick, Brown
Then he made for The stairs. From
that day to this, not one of US ever
laid eyes on Rigby; and some of the
boys still say that the old man, in the
frightful wrath that possessed him,
killed and ate the boy, blood, bones
and all, right there in Otis office.
The commonwealth., 1906-09-28
tooooooooooooooo-n
SERMONETTE

SERMoNETTE.
This twelfth chapter of Mum.
bers is one for the Christian to
study with prayerfuI heart.
searching, for among the Lords
servants to-day there is much
OF Jealousy; much of spiritual
pride; much Of unhoIy crlti.
eism' Strange that such dark
chapter could be written con.
corning Miriam and Aaron, and
strange that to-day there are
similar dark chapters in the
lives Of Christian workers. How
often is the coming of Christ's
Kingdom hindered by the IeaI.
ousies among those into whose
hands the work has been com.
mitted. Jealousy of another's
position, or authority, or abil.
ties, or success, or methods, is
allowed to find Iodgment in the
heart. Then does the Jealous
heart look with critical eye, and
It is not long ere the tongue is
busy with the unhoIy, unkind,
unjust criticism. Oh, the harm
which one Christian can do the
cause of Christ. The swift
judgment of God may not de-
scend upon such as it did upon
Miriam, but It Is not because
the sin is less heinous or mex.
cusable in his sight. But some
day when we see face to face,
and all things are revealed, then
shall we know what our jeaI-
ousy, what our spiritual pride,
what our unhoIy criticism Of
another have cost.
But there Is a bright and pre-
cious side to this dark chapter.
If we see Miriam and Aaron at
their worst, we see Moses at
his best. It is here that God J
testties of Moses that he was
"Very meek, above all the men
which we're upon the face of {
the earth" Not the meekness
OF weakness, but that holy, God. {
like, God-fearing meekness that {
could refrain from "flqhtinq {
back" that could trust God for {
VindIcation; that could forgive Z
with that forgiveness which led z
to prayer for those who had )
despttefuIly used him. If we Z
need to learn the wickedness of 3
Jealousy, of spiritual pride, of Z
unhoIy criticism, we need also !
- learn the bIessedness of z
meekness, of patient waiting for 3
the triumph of the right, of God. z
like forgiveness, 3
There is difference between 2
Jealousy Of the Lords work, 3
and Jealousy of the Lords z
worker. 3
When Jealousy comes in, zeal =
taE,1hav IyaSa,l qsaaS 3
close on the heels of jealousy. 3
To be "meek as Moses" one (
must have fellowship with God, 2
FaithfuIness for God, faith in &
God and forgiveness like God. .
There need never be any con. &
fIct among the Lords serv- Q
ants as to preferment, or work 3
to be done. Read the twelfth .
chapter Of First Corinthians, es. 3
peciaIIy verses 4-6, %. 2
The commonwealth., 1906-09-28
A GOOD JOKE ON HIS
STATUESQUE WIFE.

"And here is the soap | have been
promising you," chuckled the buffoon
husband as he dropped a package on
the table.
"Soap!" exclaimed the young wife.
"oh, how kind of you. And what kind
is It, dear?"
why, sand soap"
Sand soap? How ridiculous. How
horrible. What do you mean by max.
ing fun Of me in that way?"
why, haven't you been telling me
for the last ten days that the beauty
doctor said you had a marble brow?"
Chicago Daily News.
The commonwealth., 1906-09-28
He Fills the Bill,

"Tbe man who wins my admira-
ton" said the serious girl, must be
one who can stand firm in his con-
yictions in the face Of ridicule, oppo-
sition and personal danger"
81 see,' said Miss Cayenne. You;
ideal is baseball umpire. Wash
ington Star
The commonwealth., 1906-09-28

Joseph B, Bowles.)
Danny got another little idea, toe
HIS fireman had to cart out ashe
and bring the coal from the pile in
Dig sheetiron wheelbarrow, and tn,
way lay over the cobblestones unde
the window of little Rigby's office.
Just before Otis died, he bough
Danny a fine new wheelbarrow fo
the purpose, for the old one was loost
IN the joints and pretty rickety gen
orally, and when a man was pushinl
her she sounded more than anything
else like a carload of tinware being
struck by lightning.
But two or three days after the
whistle stopped work, Danny-he's q
tender-hearted feller-Danny got a
sentimental feeling for the old wreck
and dragged her out of the scrap hear
ana set his fireman wheeling ashes
back and forth, back and forth, back
and forth, till the din sent Rigby to
the speaking-tube once more.
Brown" he cried, what on earth
ails that wheelbarrow?
Ripe old age" answered Brown.
We'll, does it have to make that
noise?"
The poor thing can't speak and
tell US" chuckled the old gentleman.
Il presume it does"
Wen, it's enough to drive a man
mad said Rigby, "I'll have it stop
ped, except when I'm out Of this Of
flee. Listen! You make another sign.
reading like this: 'Workmen are DOS.
ltively prohibited from carting coal
and ashes without obtaining permis.
sion from the superintendent Nail il
up"
Another sign!" muttered Brown.
Rlgby didn't come back that noon.
Time, but he sent a boy to Brown
with a note, saying that he had a
severe headache, and would the fac.
.ory kindly try to run without him till
he following morning.
He took his time getting there the
following morning, too, and by the
line he finally did arrive the boss had
'ome in in a fury.
What under the sun is the matter?
Why is the factory shut down." he
demanded of Brown.
Too many signs" snickered Brown.
The last of them being the most re.
ponsible"
What do you mean?"
well, to put it another way, want
# coal is keeping US from running"
Coal! Great Scott" shouted the
oss. You had 60 tons last week
What's Rigby doing with it? EATING
p"
Il haven't seen him at it," said
brown, speaking slowly and distinct
and enjoying every word. But
e forbade any man to touch
ne pile without his permission, and
e hasn't been here since yesterday
oon. The boilers were cold at six
clock"
Brown, Brown, Brown" groaned
lie old man. Had you no more sense
ian to follow fool orders like that?"
why, bless mel" said Brown,
'okfng at him squarely with his in.
Nonrts alI.s-v .~1," ISM S.sv
ew notions? One of the latest wrin,
les in acid manufacture I'm doing
y best to cooperate"
"And what wretched idiocy is this?"
J said, pointing to the new sign, and
len to the others, with his cane
What are they doing here?"
'Mr. Rigby's orders"
"Well!-" said the boss. And there
, had to stop, for the situation was
10 much for even his extended vo
lbulary.
When he got breath he said
There's another sign in your hand
own. What is it?"
"Well-oh, that?" stammered Brown
ing red.
Lets see it, said the boss. "What
er it is, heaven knows it can be no
)rse than the others"
And with that he took it and read ,
is:
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Ground OUTSIDE the window.
and in tears, but the young man
promptly squared himself for another
encounter. Policeman Flynn, however,
extended his hand conciliatorily.
Il wr-ronged ye," he said. "Ye
ha-aye tn r-right shtuff in ye rr to
ma-ake amy woman happy IT was me
lntlntion to ma-ake a small sacrifice on
tn althar " me tuty to Maggie, an III
sa-ay this to ye as ma-an to ma-an:
Ye'rc all Fright, an If ye had tn
shtrength f'r to ma-atch ye-er pluck.
t is family martyr I'd be now, with
tn wake comm off to-morry. II ye'ye
won tn gir-rl t Is all fixed, fr ye'ye
won tn OF ma-an."
Copyright, 1906, by JoBeph b. BowIesl
Copyright, by the Century Coz
The commonwealth., 1906-09-28
MISSlSSlPPl'S COTTON CROP.

may vet mature. and that is subject II
early frost. On the upland almost tho
entire crop is open. Recent heavy local
rains have doubtless caused much open
'0''o" u l"'' from ooils'
Aunica'-lhe weather has been good
excepting niue heat over 200 bales
nave Deeh shlPPed from tins place, the
COTTON bringing 9Ia and 10 cents.
Greenwood SPrings-An almost con.
tinuouS ram has been falling for three
ua!S' Wh'ch not only retards picking,
ou' VIII greatly damage loWIand cotton.
was eynected ,t tho Io,;n,,;uo af tI,a
gathering scosop uov or,n : n,,.T,.
all saved Tho corn il hoirr bor,.,s+,,i
Verv little cotton j. beip,, rrt m tnn
market,
C1avtor Co+t,o ,i.,.; ,
in oornost ,his ,,,n, r'v%'4S h,,t commenced
what If wos oynootod - ,'a,,,I 'L + 80 ~, ',o'
erol weeks ooo l., f,o+ 81. ,,,;,.;.,,
Of tho n,ortors ooroo t,,at .r.., ,,';}, ~,
be nm ovoroco viola +,is ,.o.. c,a,S w
hales bavo hoon o;n,oa a.J .,IJ
nrico ronn;,o f.ous n',o "t,,
", u,
~ 0"''''".i n' 'olu''ion Oh c"''oh
:, - ~ ''''' ''s''o" Is oS no means so good as
~ was " It" "e'NS "So' lh'r' mas been
The commonwealth., 1906-09-28
THE NEW SUPER
A CHEMICAL STORY
By E. F. sTEARNs,

Copyright 1906 by Joseph B. Bowles)
The commonwealth., 1906-09-28
In Menorianl
RIGBY
"a lovely apparition, sent
To be a moments ornament"

81 monumentum quaeris, circum-
spice.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-20
The Frank s. Platt Co,

haiis do more service than in the large cltles-the reason for this condition douptless lies in the fact that the citv heart and mind are less easily reach eu' The past year has seen a remarka- ole revival in Alfortville, a manufac- turing suburb of Paris. To this mis- sion the New Haven contributors ara devoted The Sunday schools are lare- er' more quiet and more enthusiastic. tfle men are fast giving LID the drink haolt; children are taught to read the Bible and to commit quotations to memory When mission disciple ad- dresses an audience new to him he aI- ways takes as his text: q am the way the truth and the light" In France we nave splendid opportunity to do good gain that versatile nation and it's peo- pie will in turn evangelize it's Mada- gascar, and that vast and important stretch of land on the west, central of Africa-Guiana.
 There Is a great struggle going on in France. Professionalism is gaining ground