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with pump augers being employed for over
three weeks IN boring through the huge
trunk, just above the base But after the
stem had thus been completely severed
from the stump so straight did it stand-a
characteristic of the specfes-and so broad
was it's base that 1t still remained as erect
as a church spire. Great wedges were next
driven beneath It by heavy logs swung
upon cables. While its despoifers were one
day at lunch, a gust of wind took hold or
Its evergreen top and hurled the colossal
trunk to the ground Its fall IS said TO
have caused veritable earthquake. The
top Of the stump was next converted~into
a dancing floor cotllion party of thirty
two persons In addition TO seventeen mu-
sicians and onlookers-forty-ni people in
al once occupying it at the same time. The
bark of the famous Mother of the Forest,
ninety feet in circumference, was similar
ly stripped off at about the same time, but
the barred trunk sttl stands. Other sequoias
have been cut for lumber, many have been
destroyed by fire and many young trees
have been trampled to death by stock.
BY far the greater number OF the big trees
are now held by saw mill and lumber COM
panies, even the famous Calaveras or
Mammoth" grove-carefuly preserved
since the ffties.-being now owned by a
man said to represent a lumber syndicate
Forty mills and logging companies are at
work wholly or in part upon big tree lum-
Der When the felled giants strike the
ground with a force of thousands OF tons
the brittle trunks are often crushed
into useless fragments. What remains is
blasted with gunpowder which often tears
the wood into wasteful shapes The debris
left in the forest in piles often high
a mans head. dries and forms finder for
destructive fires. The devastation which
follows such numbering is complete and
depiorable the untouched foreSt Is un-
paralleled, beautiful and worthy of pres
ervation. AS rule IT has not even had
tho advantage of being profitable" says
Clifford Pfnchot CHIEF of the United States
bureau of forestry.
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the people of Ceylon-the owners Of the
nsherles. 1t was not till the end of 1906
that some rumors on the subject got about
and by that time everything was practi-
cally settled.
One OF the conditions of the provisional
contract with the syndicate was that the
lease should be subject to the approval of
the Ceylon legislative council. "The pass
ing OF the ordinance confirming the agree
ment, though perhaps not absolutely nee
essary, Mr.. Lyttelton wrote, seems de-
sirable and I hope that the draft inclosed
will meet the case" The desired ordinance
was ohediently passed. No other result
could be expected from a body constituted
as the council is. There 10 a majority of
ten oficial members, and of the eight UNI
omc1al members, all OF whom are nominat-
ed by the governor, only four can be de-
scribed as independent representatives of
the Cingalese. These four spoke and voted
against the ordinance without avail It
WAS this discussion in the council when tho
scheme was passed which gave the public
IN the colony the first authentic informa-
ton about the leasing OF the fisheries. The
consequence was an outburst of indignation
in Ceylon, which has passed unnotieed here
II England should adopt the American
method of washing its dirty linen In public
there Ii no doubt the reputation of Its Of
hcials for Integrity and lofty devotion to
the public interests would suffer, but 1t In
equally certain that the taxpayers would
greatly benedt
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Vandals have kept their greedy claws
fastened upon the giant trees since the
first year Of their discovery. In 1853 the
destruction of one of the largest-said to
have been the original discovered by Bid
well-was commenced. 1t was originally
5O2 feet high and 90 feet In circumference.
Tho bark was first removed to height
o. 30 feet from the ground and sent to
England, where 1t was formed into room
In the Crystal Palace, Sydenham where
1t was DESTROYED by fire. This tree, which,
Of course died, was next felled, five men
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Indians who made 1t their stronghold II
was first visited by tourists in 1855. In 1864
147 sghtseers visited II, whereas the num-
Der of tourists now average more than 5000
per year. In 1903 SO great was the travel
to the valley that the state commissioners
had to notify transportation companies TO
suspend their bookings, as the hotels, camps
and tents were filled to OVERLOOKING. The
government will Immediately connect this
natural center cf the great Yosemite re-
gion with system Of telephone lines radiat-
ing to all portions OF the national park,
thus insuring fire and police protection
The deplorabe stage roads in the valley
will be improved. and the toll system by
which, under the dual government, tour
lists have been unreasonably taxed. VIII be
abolished A new hotel will probably be
built and a boulevard constructed through
the beautiful MERGED canyon. A fort Will
probably be built upon this highway as
post for the regular soldiers patroiling the
entire national park, which will now rival
the Yellowstone, and be similarly guarded
throughout.
Tourists to this Eden will enjoy modern
comforts. security OF person and freedom
from extortion when they come to view the
famed Bridal Veil the Nevada falls. Ell
Captain, the Three Graces, Glacier Point
and its many other scenic splendors. The
Bridal Veil fall is precipltated from
height of 80 feet, and as ii sways TO and
fro in the winds seems from a distance
to wave like a thin white veil.
FL Captain, further up the gorge, is an
immense block of granite presenting an al
most vertical edge $500 feet high. AT the
head of the valley the MERGED river CUISINES
over COO feet OF rock and forms the Nevada
falls. Glacier Point the highest projection
of rock In the region, Is 4, T37 feet above the
valley.
The Yosemite Park commission has been
disappointed in finding so little game within
their reservation. There remain elk.
antelope. mountain sheep or beavers, al
though there still are bears mountain lions
and a few deer. Since all of the larger
game animals were there when the first
white men arrived, the commission recon-
mends q restocking of the park and newly
acquired valley. thus making the combined
reservation, with its unsurpassed scenery
and majestic trees, a paradise for the nat
uralist artist and hunter.
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ness that was bringing in Ceylon a proft
OF $755. 900 yeari

BY profession. Mr.. Lytfelton is q lawyer.
IL Is hardly conceivable that he would ever
nave made such bargain on behalf of a
private client. II he had, 1t Is certain that
the private client would never have given
him another job. But John Bull In his ma
tional capacity is far more lenient. When
the conservative party returns to power.
MI Lyttelton will probably receive another
snug cabinet billet. II he doesn't It will
not be the Ceylon pearl fisheries lob that
VIII prevent him from getting it.
One OF the conditions of the agreement In
that the syndicate shall take the govern
ment share OF the present years fishery.
The fshery season lasts about six weeks
The profits for the first twenty-eight DAYS
have amounted to 100000. That is to say.
In two-thirds of the season the syndicate
obtains enough to pay for four years rent
Small wonder that Sir West Ridgway pre-
fers being director OF the CeyIon Com
pany OF pearl fisheries to being governor Of
Ceyion.
One significant feature of the .disgraceful
business, which In America would alone
have suff1ced to arouse popular clamor for
an investigation, was the secrecy with
which the affair was carried through The
lease was not thrown open to public COM.
petition During the negotiations. extend
ing over a year. in which the colonial ONCE
the crown agents and the Ceylon govern
ment were engaged with the syndicate, not
whisper of what was going on reached
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1870 SAVE from determination the
biggest and oldest of all living
things the government has just
g taken under its jurisdiction the
Mariposa big tree grove of CALI
fornia. BY the same legislation It has ac-
quired for better keeping also the famed
Yosemite valley. and thus 1t assumes the
ownership. care and protection of two OF the
seven wonders OF the new world. Botn
were given In trust to the state Of Cali
fornia in 1864, but experience has shown that
this garden state-with such a plethora OF
natural wonders 10 protect-cannot AFFORD
10 appropriate the funds necessary for the
barring out OF vandals from the two reser-
vationS. So California has receded them
to the federal government. and Congress
has just taken them back. after forty
years. In 1899 Congress created the Yo-
semitic National Park embracing over 1000
square miles and entirely surrounding me
real wonder spot of the region-the Yo-
semitic vaney-which until now has re-
manned state reservation, In, but not or
the Yosemite Park. The park has thus
been, for sixteen years. in the status of
''HamleC without the Dane"
This creation OF AN empire within an
empire" produced conflict OF authority in
matters OF bodybuilding, policing and fire
protection. and last year when a fire broke
out on the boundary line between the val
ley and the park the guardian OF the val
ley. appointed by the state said that :he-
flames were in federal territory. while
captain Of the parks guard Of federal soi-
dSrrs contended that they were destroying
state property. While these two function
aries paused TO haggie over this weighty
matter Of jurisdiction thousands of snvai-
uable trees were destroyed But now that
the valley becomes absorbed in the great
park. it viii be guarded by troops and
federal forest rangers. The protection OF
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men until 1S41, when discovered in the
Calaveras grove by John Bidwell, after
ward a California candidate for Congress.
For some reason. then. discovery has gen
orally been credited to A. T. Dowd, hunt
err. employed to supply game to men build
ing canal in Calaveras county, In 1852.
Having wounded grizzly bear in the
spring of that year, Dowd is said to have
where he came upon the giant trees. Re-
turning to camp. he related the wonders
which he had SEEM but the workmen
laughed at his story until he brought them
to the spot and let them satisfy their own
eyes Another story has 1t that this hunt
er made his discovery in the Mariposa
grove Just receded to the federal gov
eminent. Victor Hugo in his ""roilers Of
the Sea- makes the traveller, Mons Leth-
Jerry, tell Of a PROSTATE tree in California
through whose hollow trunk horseman
could ride $50 paces-which was posi-
bilfty. whether Hugo knew 1t or not.
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No Fuss in England
Over Official Jobbery
Special Correspondence Of The Star

LONDON. June 20 1906.
A CCORpING TO a report cabied from
~ New York few days ago Bishop
Potter attributed the assumed SUI
per.or.ty OF British political methods over
those In vogue IN America 10 the fact that
ErgIishmsn washed their dirty linen in
private, while Americans performed that
operation N public That there is good
ground for this view is afforded by the
recent leasing OF the Ceylon pearl fisheries
70 private syndicate on terms which
make It certain that the capitalists will
reap an enormous profit from the transac-
ton, while the colony. win lose proper
tiouately large revenue.
Had such a disgraceful deal been sane
toned by any department OF the federal
government at Washington it would have
caused a prodlgious scandal The whole
matter would have been thrashed out in
the newspapers. and the officials respon-
sible for the reckless sacrifice OF public
Interests would have been exposed In a
fashion that would have put a auietus on
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HO7OS. RE REDUCED 1
0ERW/SS/ON ar 7ZE
IORGST SERVICE Us. DEE
OF AGR/CUL IZI,GE
its wealth OF scenic splendor is therefore
assured.

assured.
The beautiful Mariposa big tree grove
which falls into federal control by this
same process is fifteen miles south Of the
Yosemite valley and about mile beyond
the boundary of the national park. The
little neck of land connecting It with the
park viii be acquired by the government,
and II will thus be cemented to the en-
larged reservation.
The Mariposa grove becomes the only
important collection OF the giant trees COM
pletely protected from vandals Fortu-
nately 1t contains specimens that are larger
even than any Of those In the famous Cal
averas grove. now owned by a lumberman
who, TO his hearts content may hack and
saw the towering giants without fear OF
state or government interference So Uncle
Sam will hope to preserve at least the big
trees OF the Mariposa grove as long az the
republic endures. Its vast beauty has AL
ready been sadly married by the raya9es
of fire. which has evidently swept through
IT again and again almost running many
or the finest trees. 1t contains about l25
trees over forty feet In circumference, and
twenty which are more than 200 feet tall.
ne age OF THESE olueSt or living things is
variously estimated by men OF science. Prof
David Starr Jordan saws that the largest
specimens may have been standing in Cali
fornia for seven thousand years, or more
than three thousand years beyond the reach
Of human history. Other estimates are as
great as eight thousand years The natural
list. John Muir who has studied them for
more than a generation, says that barring
accidents, these trees seem to be immortal
Ring f3
felled by the wind, showed IL to be four
thousand years old. No specimen has been
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known to die of old age The largest still
looks young and vigorous, and their leafy
heads are always green. When blown down
by hurricanes they do not rot. and 1t Is esti-
mated that trunk may lie On the ground
more than one thousand years and yet re-
main hard and sound TO the core. Worms
never attack these colossal trunks: hence
tie woodpecker avoids their bark. Measure
ments indicate that their rate of growth Is
one inch in diameter In thirty to fifty years.
The size of these biggest Of living things
Is tremendous when we stop to consider 1t.
One is said to be a triAe over 400 feet tall.
The cap of the statue of freedom on the
dome of the Capitol, at Washington, the
torch of the Goddess OF Liberty In New
York harbor, only reaches two-thrds of this
feet and the limbs of some are feet In
diameter. The cinnamon-colored bark of
one is 40 inches thick. The trunk of the
famous "Grizzley Giant" In Mariposa
grove, will afford a background for eleven
mounted cayalrymen. their horses standing
side by side. An Illinoisan tourist. after
many hours of calculation, once estimated
that If all OF Its limbs were cut off and
stuck into the ground, allowing spaces pro-
portionate TO size. they would form a forest
larger than any In his state In the ia
nous Fallen Monarch" probably blown
down in some tremendous storm of centuries
ago, there is estimated to be enough lum-
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Tight Places.

From the Louisville Courier-Journsl.
Doubtless you have had dangerous ad-
ventures In the wilderness and jungleY'
Yes" answered the explorer, but have
also been in some tight places In civilized
cities"
You have?"
Quite so. Visiting friends who lived In
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Der to plank the three miles Of Broadway
between the Battery and Madison Square,
with lumber as hard and sound as 1t was
when the tree fell. It has been caicu-
lated that Abe Lincoln would have expend-
ed nine years and three months splitting
rails from one Of these trees. at the rate
of $50 ordinary rails per ten-hour day.
Completing his task he would have had
40 600 rails. The General Sherman" is
said to contain 10000 feet of lumber which,
II cut into telegraph poles of usual size and
placed at the usual distance apart. would
support a telegraph line from Kansas City
to Chicago.
The official name adopted for these mon
archs of living species by the national bu
reau Of forestry is "Sequoia Washington
ana" Thus are linked the names of Sc
quota, the famous Cherokee chief Of the
east. who invented an alphabet for his peo-
pie, and that OF the Father of His Country.
The English call the species Sequoia We'll
lingtoniana, in honor of the Duke of We'll
lington. Their only natural home within
recent geologic epoch is the west side of
the Sierra Nevada mountains, in Califor-
MIA. and in a zone from three-quarters Of
mile to a mile above sea level. Here
they are scattered in about q dozen groves.
They have been transplanted to our south
ern states, to England and elsewhere but
under the most favorable conditions they
VIII not mature in their new surroundings
until thousand years shall have rolled
around.
The big trees were never seen by white
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The Yosemite valley has been famed as
one Of the greatest scenic wonders of the
world ever since its discovery In 1851, when
an expedition was formed to drive out the
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-01-06
Almas De sombra
La envidia es un culto.

La envidia es un culto.
|. rs ell culto de las almas viles 4
las grande almas.
Es una adoraci6n, la adoraci6n al
merito por el derecho.
Una eXtrafa religion, la religion
de la bajeza.-Tiene sus sacerdotes
--almas cadavericas-diria Lamennais
-deseSperados, palidos, torturados,
Iperennes, nOstalgicos del bien age
no. EStos estetas de la sombra, vi
ven de rodlllaS ante la extrafIa glo-
ria. lie queman su incienso; la cri-
tlca. lie allan su plegaria; Ia ca
lumnia.
Ser envidiado es ser admirable.
La envidia es la forma bastarda
de la admiration.
Las almas vileS admiran pro-
rrumpen en- Su himno el dicterio.
Envidiar es estar de rodillas ante
una gloria. Es la muda contempla-
cl6n de los insectos hacia los astros.
Las almas envidiosas nacen pros
ternadaS. Son la eterna genufexi6n
ante el merito. Como los mutilados
de la Capilla Sixtins, son el himno
de la lmpotencia en- los altares del
Genio.
Ser odiado y ser envidiado es la
sintesis de la grandeza.
Nadie envidia sino 10 que hubiera
deseado de igualar.
Nadie odia sino 10 que hubiera DO
dido arnar.
ST la envidia es la forma negra de
la Ia dmiracion, el odio es la forma
negra del amor.
Ser envidiado es sentirse grande.
Ser odiado es sentirse fuerte.
Nadie envidia 10 pequefio. Nadie
odia 10 debil.
El odio es grande. La envidia es
ruin,
El odio tiene majestad de fera.
La envidis tiene forma de reptil.
Ell uno vuela Y picotes como un
condor furioso 4 su presa. La otra
Sc arrastra y silva como buscando Ell
talon.
Las grandes almas odian: no en-
vidian nunCa.
Son las del odio bata11 de 1eones,
sientese a 10 lejos el rujido, vense
como perspective de dcsierto rayos
de incendio en- la mirada glauca; VI
abajo el cielo cardeno, infiamado, la
proyeccion soberbia de Ia guerra. 80.
La epopeya sublime de la sangre.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-01-06

sentimientos y sin aspiraciones no
bles d la dicha y la fslicidad y no
honbres como los hom6res que dicta
ron una constitution Y que tomaron
las arinas para librarse de la opre-
sion Britannica (aplausos1 NO.
somos hombres condenados por 10
pequefiez de nuestro sueao asers ses-
clavos! iTriste, muy triste es decir-
To-. pero es verdad ;Naesfye t.
rrifoyto es muy pequef1o para poder
ser libres. No obstante tengo fe.
muchfsima fe en- las gestiones de
nuestro Comisionado y ala vez mu-
cha conhanza en- los hofnbres que
forman parte del Congreso de los
Estados Unidos porque creo possible
Sc esrellen contra el nuro indes-
tructible de sus rectas nonciencias
las olas terribles que arnenazan in
nundarnos,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-01-06
Muelles para Manila

I'll negociado Insular de Washing
ton ha dispuesto lamar cs,ncurso de
llcltadores para constr uir nfuelles de
acero para Manila donde De abriran
los pliegos cerrados.
Muy POGO SC nos alcanza en- meta
lurgia y menos en- ingeniatara mccain
ca; pero este POGO, aunque fuera me
nos seria sobrado para comprender
que con ell precio que pone el gobier
no, 100000 para servir de gufa los
licitadores, y para muelles que han de
ser fabric ados al otro cabo del mundo
no Sc puede II muy lejos en- la mate
ria.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-01-06
Por Ell gran progecto
A DON LUCAS AmADEO

Surge de nuevo IL simpatica idea
de la Association de agricultores Y
deseamos verlo usted 4 la vanguar-
d1a de tan simpatica obra, para que
con sus sabios consoles nos ilustre v
nos dirija.
listed que ha sido Ell mas decidido
ca1npeon y defensor de nuestra apri-
.cultura no puede negsrnos su con
curse en- los actuales momentos.
Este mismo peri6dico comenta con
mano maestro dos cartas de dos ca
feteros que public6 Ell dia 4 del CO.
TrIente que son de proporciones que
hacen Sus companeros que Gran
placer sentirfamos 81 usted os salie-
ra al encuentro y nos ilustrara.
No 10 suponemos I'd, cansado en-
la lucha, pues los hombres de su
temple no Sc abaten.
Los agricultores de Puerto Rico
esperan que listed liable desde su
retro y de su valiosa opinion.
Hoy mas que nunca Sc necesita de
usted.
0tro agricultor.
Mayagiiez Enero 1906.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-01-06
Desoe Washington
70 dc Diciembre

10 dc D1clemOre.
En- una de las dltimas sesiones de
la Camara de Representatives., IN le-
gisIador democratic ha llamado 4 otro
legislator, tambi6n dem6crata, omono
desmelenado"; 10 cual sobre ser anti
parlamentario es disparatado, porque
los monos no tienen melena
No ha habido duelo nj session secre-
ia nj e1 injuriado ha dado Importance
al asunto.
Tai vez ha pensado que, hace mu-
chos amos, a Henry Clay le llam6 Mr..
Randolph, en- esa misma Camara. ma
do menos que "macarela podrida a la
luz de la luna; 10 cual es tan dispara-
taIo como 10 otro y huele NAL, pero
siquiers, revela fantasia
Por supuesto, ningdn daho cause 4
Henry Clay, que era y sigue siendo
para los americanos un gran hombre,
y, para el resto de los humanos, una
marca de tabaco,
Fuera de csc episodio del "mono
desmelenado", no ha habido en- las Ca
maras NADIA, hasta ahora, digno de
menci6n.
No Sc hace NADIA, porque hay impa-
ciencia por llegar ell dfa 81; fecha en-
que comienz an las vacaciones v Ell pa
70 de Navidad-el destestable paro
americano, que unas veces no tiene sa.
Dor, y, otras sabe aceite de ricino-
proyecta va su sombra sobre Senado-
res y presenta ntes.
ST en- las Camaras, NADIA importante
Sc ha discutido nj votado en- las CO.
misiones sc ha hecho algo
En- el Sonado, la de Panama, ha CO.
menzado a investigar como es que Sc
ha gastado tanto dinero Sc ha traba-
jado tan POGO.
En- la Camara Baja, la comisi6n de
Hacienda esta concediendo audiencias
acerca del proyecto de ley por ell cual
Sc rebaJa ell IS por 100 en- los derechos
de importation sobre Ell azdcar Y ell ia
baco de Filipinas y Sc suprime todo
derecho sobre los demas productos de
aquellas islas
Ell primero que ha informado sobre
la comisi6n ha sido Mr. Henry w. Pc
abody, gran comerciante de Boston,
importador de abaca filipino que,
como consignatario, recibe azdcar del
Ha declarado que hay, ahora, en- los
Estados Unidos, unas treints mil AFRO
bas de aadcar filipino, en- dep6sito. es-
que Sc reduaca ell dere-
cho
Ha manifestado que esq reduction
en- Enere de Iso6.y la Suppression del
derecho en- 1909, scrviraa para que los
capitales ausericanos acudan 4 Filipino s
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-01-06

Los de la envidia: rifIa de reptiles.
Sc percibe apenas el ruido del GRO
talo arrastr andose; Sc We la escama
pallda por entire limo verde; Ell oio
torpe que espfa ell aguila; la boca
alberta como escupiendo al Sol; la
Sucia baba, e1 mareado aliento
La ePopeya fangosa del pantano
Inspirad envidia y ser6is grandes.
lnspirad odio y sereis fuertes.
M. Vargas Villa.