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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-05-14
Senores ::


y todo apostolado, es una religion.
E1 periodismo es TN apostolado. lue-
go es una religion. Manuel Fernan-
dez Juncos pertenece a esa religion
de la libertad y del derecho hace
mas de treinta affos. Nunca un sa-
|cerdote espiritua1 ha ganado para la
vida nueva de los grandes pueblos
modernos mas almas para el engran-
|decimiento de su libertad que Ma
nuel Fernandez Juncos. Ell libro es
mas grande que la elocuencia; esta
es un arte de j6venes. aquel es TN ar
te de viejos. Ell libro como Ell arado
en- la terra traza clrculos en- la con-
|ciencia que germinan lentamente, la
elocuencia es fugaz, pasagera, una
chispa de sentimiento y de inteligen.
cia que halaga los oidos un instante
Sc pierde como Ell eco rumoroso de
una cancion pastoral. Por ESQ Fer
nandez Iuncos es un periodista y
dentro del periodismo es I'm psicolo-
go. 6 como quiera llamarse a ese
entrar salir por Ell alma humana
con que su puma diseca y analiza.
No hago, senores del Concejo. una
biografla. Los rasgos salientes de
la vida de Fernandez Juncos escul-
pidos estan en- la conciencia de la
juventud. No necesita presentation
quien ha tenido el raro privilegio de
dar conocer en- esta isla y fuera, en-
cronicas que forman la historic lite
raria y politica de Puerto Rico, todos
los horn bres de valer que Sc han dis
tinguido desde diversos campos de
la ciencia, desde hace treinta amos.
Fernandez Juncos vale tanto como
una institution. Sumadas todas Y
cada una de las empresas Ell que ha
intervenido, sumados todos y cada
uno de los artlculos que ha escrito,
aunando las :tuerzas de su voluntad y
las fuerzas de su inteligencia que ha
puesto al servicio del progreso de la
isla, resulta que Fernandez JuncOs no
solamente es un ser extraordinario,
sino I'm "vir bonnsAs sapiens' como
llamaban los antiques oriadores a
los hombres eninentes que sc distin-
gulan por sus hechos.
No necesito tanipoco recordar ho-
nora bles se11ores. Cuales son los he
chos q que me rehero, pero en- globo,
ell periodista que tiene ell honor de
diriiirse una corpor ion como esta
de San Juan hidalga y noble en- todos
su actos. recuerda que Fernandez
Juncos fue Ell iniciador de la Biblio-
teca Municipal y su donativo de libros
sirvio de n1cleo para la aggregation
del gran concurso que mas tarde la
Biblioteca adquirio; el fue el primero
que fundo en- San Juan despues en-
toda la isla la gran instruction de la
Cruz Roja que tan altos servicios
presto durante la ~segunda guerra de
Cuba el bonn bardeo en- 1898; el fue
el que contribuy6 poderosamente al
restab bl ecimiento del Institute de Sc
gunda Enseilanza va con su pluma
puesta siempre. al servicio de las
grandes causas va con su voto en- la
Dputacion Provincial; 81 fue Ell COO
perador conStante, Ell conferencista
lncansable del Ateneo y su Presiden-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-05-14
Accidente en- Rio-Piedras

Auoche la una de Ia m sdrugada
ell autom6vil ntimero de la compafIfa
"Leaf Tobacco" y,que guia el motto
rista J. VIM. Wulf atropell6 Hpoito
Pizarro, quien conducia una pareja
de caballos con destno & Car olina. Ell
pobre muchacho sufrio la fractura de
una pierna
Tamhien sc nos dice que los ca ba-
Hos salieron heridos. Ell policia Ur-
quiza ha pasado la correspondence
denuncia al juez municipal.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-05-14
Revista de carceles


En- la carcel de San Juan anexa 4
la de Arecibo, han ingresado 4 cum
plir asentencia Nicolas Ayala y
Julian Osorio Trigo, por Ell deliro
de acometimiento. Nicasio de JeSds
Rosa y Jacinto Ilarraza por hurto de
menor cuantia.
%
En- la de Guayama ingresaron Fran !.
cisco Santiago y Cornell, por acome-
timiento y aggression; Eusebio Fipue-.
roa, por falsa representation, y Pas !
casio Colon, por hurto de menorI
cuantla.
En- la galera de sumaria dc u cxr.
Icel de Pence, ingrcsaron Claud2
Ruiz y Ernesto Ramfrcz, acusa6os y <
lhurto de mcnor cuantia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-05-14
MANUEL FERNANDEZ <JUNCOS
HONORABLE ALoALoG % sAN JUAN
MlEMBRos DEL coNcGJo

tie por dos veses, levantando muy al
to la 'tradici6n de Puerto Rico y pro-
bando una vcz mas que en- eSta isla
descrita porstantos artistas y cantada
por tantos poetas, nunca Sc ha extin-
guido Ell quito 4 Ia ciencia y al arte;
81. preside los Juegos Florales de
San Juan en- 1901; 81 cre6 el insti-
tuto de Educaci6n Popular; el, fue
ell professor gratuito de las cate
dras de Moral y de Psicologia donde
han lido beber sus inspiraciones la
juventud de aquende y allende; el es
en- la actualidad Ell campe6n de la en-
seffanza pdblica, ell propagandista del
ornate y la higienizaci6n de los pue..
bios, de lasreformas penales Y de la
cultura general; 81 fue el primer Sc
cretario de Hacienda del gobierno
auton6mico;el Ell cooperador efcaz de
la Soc iedad Protectora de Mendigos,
que ha logrado enjugar muchas la
grimas y librar esa corporation
! municipal y al pueblo del espectacu-
10 doloroso de la mendlcidad; 81 pre-
side actualmente esa benemerita So
cledad filantr6pica que mantiene, re-
forma y educa para la vida del ira =
b-jo los nlilos huerfanos desam-
parados; e es autor de libros de cos
tumbres popularcs. didacticos, de via
Jes; 81 IA cscrito miles dc articulos
enaltecleudo el nom bre de Puerto
K leo en- los cuatro puntos cardinales
del planeta y la revista "El Busca-
pie es el mas hermoso monumento
de Ia cultura regional.
Fernandez Juncos pertenece al nd-
nero de los ilustres. tQuien con mas
titulos para aspirar al linico ,homena-
je a que verdaderamente Sc ha he
cho acreedoro
Fernandez Juncos tiene derecho
que la ciudad de San Juan 10 procla-
me hijo adoptivo. Fernandez Tuncos
ha servido a Puerto Rico ha con-
quistado en- estos servicios grandes
victorias. Lega sus obras Que han
enseflado la lengua castellana miles
de borlnqueflos y que han llevado 4
todoS los rinconeS de esta TERRA Su ia.
ma de insigne publicista.
Ning11n periodista, espero, abando-
nara Ell momento, unico en- la vida,
de proporcionar Fernandez Juncos
Ell premio 4 sus neritos y sus ira
bajos. La hora de su ancianidad sc
acerca. Cubramos con flores ell cami-
no que le resta por recorrer. Yo to-
co en- el corazon los que han sido
mis- maestros en- ell periodismo, yo
llamo a mis- compaferos para que
abracen csta idea y la levanten mos
trandola en- toda su grandeza, va que
mi pluma pobre y humilde no tiene
autoridad en- esta sublime empresa,
en- este arranque bizarre de la justi-
cia coronado al talento.
Y decid. senores del Concejo, des
pues de haber cumplido con vuestro
deber que sera una de las satisfac-
clones mas mobiles que habreis expe
rimentndo en- vuestra vida, decid q
los que os acusen: que no solamente
Sc conqusta la gloria ganando almas
para Ell cielo, sino tam bien para la vi
da de la libertad y del derecho.
Recpetuosamente.
Sebastian Dalmdu Canet
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-05-14

Sebastian Dalmdu Canet.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-05-14
Nota del dia


q los comerciantes de San Juan,
que reclamaron contra la forma
en- que sc venia aforando por
las Aduanas de la Isla, los acei-
tes recibidos de Europa. Las
razones que expusieron aqui
los reclamantes, raZOnes tan
poderosas y tan convincentes
que han servido para que las
autoridades superiores Sc con-
venzan de la justicia de la re-
clamacion que ha tenido tan
complete exito. no sirvieron
aqui para ev,taT a los reclaman-
tes ell gasto de dinero, de ITEM
po y de trabajo, que afortuna-
damente no han sido inutiles.
gracias al buen sentido de las
autoridades superiores encarga-
das de resolver la apelacion.
No es la primera vez que los
Comerciantes consiguen result
tados como Ell que estamos con-
signando, y este debiera indi-
carles 4 nuestros funcionarios
que Ell Comercio no sc que.
ia de vicio cuando alega sus
derechos. nj tlene pretensiones
estupendas que no puedan ser
atendidas nj eScuchadas.
Cuando sc empez0 q notar
que las rentas de Aduanas su-
frian un considerable descenso,
al principle Sc trato de explicar
Ell fenomeno, en- Virtud del au-
mento de la exportacion ameri-
cana 10 que rsducia, necesaria-
mente. la europea Pero bien
pronto Sc VIC que no era este
absolutamente cierto. Una bue-
ma parte de los productos de
importation europea llegaba a
nuestros puertos por via de los
Estados Unidos, pagando en- las
Aduanas de la metropoli los de
reChos arancelarios que debie-
ran haber satisfecho en- la de
San uan.
"A que obedecia esto2
Entonces va |fue muy facil
COnOcer la causa..
Los ComerCiantes rehusan pOr
este medic habil y legal, las mo-
lestias, los entorpecimientos, los
inconvenientes que halla ban en-
las aduanas insulares siempre
que recibian 1mportaciones del
extranjero
No es, pues, las molestias SUI
fridas por los comerciantes, los
entorpecimientos. las perdidas
causadas a sus .negocios 10 que
debe evitarse, en- ~cbsequio al
respeto y a las considerations
que merece una clase tan respe-
table y que representa- intereses
tan cuantiosos, sin0 que impor-
, ia tambien examinandO la cues
tion desde OtrO aspectO, que nc
Sc les obligue a buscar el medic
de evitar en- todo 10 possible en-
tenderse con la Aduatfa, y va
yam por 10 tantO a aumentar los
tabulosos ingresos de la metro
poll. una modesto suma que
ncsotros nos hace indispensable
falta para ell sostenimiento dc
las cargas pnblicas.
FL case Teciente y resuelte
favorablemente para el conner
Gio de San Juan, Ell case de
aceite, viene a demostrar nue.
vamente laerazon que tiener
a)gunos comerciantes para trae
sus importaciones de Europa
via Estados Unidos.
ST la importation de aceit'
que di6 marjen a tanto Incl
dente desagradable, y a qu,
sufrieran perjuicios nsiblc
los importadores. hubiese We.
nldo por la via de la Metr6poli
los derechos aduaneros Sc hu.
biesen pagado ALI, pero los co
merciantes no hubiesen tent
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i. -.
He Sure Waa a Man!

When William Allen rose up In the
early seventies and surprised the coun-
try by being elected governor Of Ohio
on the Democratic ticket one of the
obstacles he triumphed over was the
charge Of being an old man. He ad.
dressed a great meeting at Mozart hall
in Cincinnati the night following the
day in which this i'll advised charge
had been brought against him by a r.,
sponsible Republican leader. Strong
vigorous and we'll preserved as he was
and retaining unbroken that quality
Of voice which had designated him as
'Foghorn Allen" when he was in the
senate, he was still politician enough
to use it for all it was worth to him
After stating the charge in all Its bel.
nousness he Strengthened himself to bis
full height of more than six feet and
beginning In a loud voice, asked, Am
I a man?" The next question was In
a voice pitched a scale higher and
asked, do look like a manT' But
the third, in which he put out all OF
his tremendous vocal power, thunder
ed to shake the roof in roaring, dc
I talk like a man." The audience wak
thrilled. Such high physical power IL
a man of that age appealed to it fire
sistibly.-St. Louis Globe emocrat.
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Fascination Of Burglary,

my champion burglar" said MIR
Holmes, the police court missionary
lis a bookbinder by trade, who has
been in jail on and off for half a cen.
tury."
Mr.. Holmes r~amifcations with this
chronic breaker of the law constitute
an instructive scene from his work
He behaved to the erring bookbindel
quite as a brother: the man had the
entree Of the house and enjoyed the
friendship Of the family. How was be
In the habit of repaying this hospitali.
ty? BY going out to burgle. Twice
Mr.. Holmes set him up. but in vain
The only charm that life has for this
extraordinary being is the opportuni
ties 1t vouchsafes for committing bur.
glary.
why on earth don't you leave of
burgtaryT Mr.. Holmes asked hiul
once. Mr.. Holiness" was his reply,
there's no fascination In the world tc
equal it. The silence Of the night. the
element of danger. the peed Of keeping
every sense on the alert-it's grand
Cassell's journal.
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The Discovery OF Bret kdagss,

A copy Of the Overland Monthly had
fallen into my hands, and l was ex-
ceedingly interested in q sketch, THE
Luck Of Roaring Camp" by an author
whose name l had never before heard.
asked Mr.. Fields to read it, and he
cared more for 1t even than /, being
much older and wiser, and he. very
soon dictated a letter to Mr.. Harte.
begging him to send something to the
Atlantic. The reply, which came in
due time, I think, not only expressed q
willingness to become a contributor,
but spoke Of the writer's probable de-
parture from California. / cannot say
how long 1t was before the Harte fam
lily reached Boston and became the
guests of Mr. Howells In Cambridge.
/ only know that it was the time when
every a was quoting from ssThe
Heather tChineen" and generally carry
Ing the verses In his pocketbook.
There was, thought q good deal of
curiosity felt about the office as to the
sort Of man the suddenly popular au-
thor would prove to be. He: was fond
gaood looking and exceedingly well
dressed, extremely self possessed, With
. gracefully friendly and even ahrenc-
doslate manner 10 the lei business
5a11d literary acquaintance; BIZ his own
3 fa the establishment with whom
Pc speedily becania iIEirnata.-Atlantic.
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Inventive genius seldom achieves
success at the first attempt. A half
grown boy in Pennsylvania, who had
devoted his leisure hours for many
months to the making Of a milking ma
chine of his W deyistng, at last CON-
pleted it to his satisfaction and re-
solved to make a trial Of 1t. Without
saying a word to any one he carried
his machine down from the attic.
where he had wrought patiently day
after day to bring it to perfection. and
took it out to the barnyard, where old
Cherry. the family COW, stood placidly
chewing her cud, with her big. lusty
calf playing round her.
A few minutes later his mother sa W
him trying to re-enter the house un-
eel He was covered with dirt from
head to foot and in a state Of democrat
lzation generally. In his hand be was
carrying something that looked like
the wreck Of a toy hatt!eshlp.
For mercy's sake, Jud," she ex-
claimed, what have you been doing!'
"T've been trying my milking ma:
chine on the cow" he said.
Your milking machine? Good land.
Did the cow do all that to your"
mo" answered Jud. "Old Cherry
would have stood for 1t all right. 1t
was the calf that-er-kind O. seemed
to object to the machine."-Youth's
Companion.
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Dealing In "Cats and Dogs"

No antiquarian pursues a more prof
table or fascinating calling than the
dealer in ''cats and dogs" as the an
Equities Of Wall street are dubbed.
"Cats and dogs" are the remnants Of
old stock. bond and note issues of rail-
road, industrial Or mining companies
OF which payment of interest, divi-
dends or principal has been In de-
fault for years. Some Of these securi-
ties are worthless and obsolete, some
Of doubtful value. while a few are
worth their weight in gold. Only the
expert in obsolete securities can detect
their worth. Many of these securities
can be picked up at the official auction
room Of Wall street. Many brokers
closely scrutinize the securities that
are offered at this auction room. and
only a few months ago 100000 shares
Of stock in a certain mining company
were sold for a song, from which the
broker hopes to realize a big sum-
Pittsburg Dispatch.
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Phrases or Handouts,

1t is customary to remark that mod
ern problems cannot easily be attack
ed because they are 70 complex. In
many cases. l believe. 1t is really be-
cause they are 80 simple. Nobody
would believe in such simplicity of
scoundrelism even II 1t were pointed
out. People would say that the truth
was q charge of mere m~elodramatic
villainy. forgetting that nearly all
villains really are melodramatic. Thus.
for instance, we say that some good
measures + frustrated or some bad
officials kept in power by the press
and confusion Of public business.
whereas very often the reason is sim
ply healthy human bribery. We waste
our fine intellects in finding exquisite
ph~raseology to fit a man when in a
we'll ordered society we ought to be
finding handouts to fit him.-G. K.
Chesterton in, Illustrated London News.
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One Thousand Men, $1,000.

If 1000 men were to come In here
and each one eat a dollars worth, I
would have just $1,000" said the man.
ager Of one Of those restaurants where
each person helps himself. ION the
other hand, If 1 should feed 1000 wo-
men and allow them to pick out their
own checks l might possibly have
$500, but I doubt it. Every woman is
a natural born cheat. 1t seems to be
a sixth sense in her makeup to try to
get ahead of the person who provides
her meals" .'
The woman tn whom these horrify-
ing revelations Lad been made walked
away trying to evolve, some plan fol
emancipating her sex from the web
Of dishonest ~propensities in which they
had become enmeshed. Outside the
restaurant she met a man friend.
1--WE just been down there for lunch
con-" he said. "Glorious place; cheap
too. If a fellow knows his business 1t
is dead easy to get a fifty cent meal
for a quarter. They never watch the
men, but tell you they keep a close
eye on you women"
The woman with an ambition to re-
form her sex looked back into the
restaurant.
"One thousand men, $1,000" she
said, and smiled wickedly.-New York
Times. Il 70,
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How a Flea tJu,noa,

1t Is said that a flea leaps 200 times
its height, and. while it usually does
land on its feet, 1t often falls, especial
ly when it falls On a perfectly smooth
surface where the claws can get only
q slight hold. A flea has six legs,
whose great length and bulk make,
them so heavy that they must be a
great help in keeping their owner right
side up when it makes one of these
gigantic jumps. and when it lands up-
side down or In some other way its
ability to kick Is so great that not
more than one wriggle is needed to|
set things right. A fea's wings are
mere scales and Of no use; but, SMALL
ana worthless as they are, they tell
the entomologist something about the
proper classification Of tho snssasss 10
@e Sc ssse9 aaay have 10 5vaHua.
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ToothbIacks


"As we have bootblacins 90 Meysve
got toothblaeks On the Sunda islands,"
Szfd a travelling man. :
"What is a toothbIack?" 4.
Don't you know? A toothblack is
an old woman with q pot OF black
paint a gold leaf book and O set of
vegetable brushes. From hut to hut
she passes, and for a small fee-a yam,
q bunch of bananas, three cocoanuts-
she paints the Sunda islanders teeth
a. glistening black--all but the two
front teeth, These she gilds. And the
Sunda islander thereafter goes about
with a self conscious smile revealing
a truly knock-me-down dental display,
q black and gold symphony. 1t Is q
common trick among the semicivilized
to color the teeth. In Macassar dark
brown is the popular hue, and In Japan
among the unenlightened classes the
teeth OF wives are always painted
black. In such countries the tooth
black is an institution. She goes from
house 70 house as full Of gossip. as d
barber" New Orleans Times-D Demo.
cFaE !: II @$ ii sS @$% III (
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gone. could not bring myself 10 tell
you then that l didn't want 1t after
you had been good enough to please
me. for | knew you preferred b dia-
mond, SO I said l would forget its his
tory. compromised with evil and
took it. but I have never opened the
box"
you haven't looked at the ring?'1
exclaimed.
mo. But just having it in my pos
session has done such awful things.
First my poor kitten ate the poisoned
meat, then my best loved vase fell to
the floor when no one was near it
and broke itself to pieces, l tore my
best dress the first time l wore 1t, and
you had the automobile accident"
But l didn't get hurt" objected.
Yes, but it's a warningr she wall
ed. Il don't want the ring. and
don't want you to keep it, and it is a
shame to make that poor man take it
back. Let's bury it somewhere, and
you needn't get me another. l will be
satisfied without an engagement ring"
Then l laughed. I couldn't restrain
myself any longer, and my poor girls
wet eyes looked at me reproachfully.
I picked up the box and touched the
spring. She gave n long, earnest
look at the sparkler, then looked. wild
" at me.
"Why it's a diamond!"
/ nodded. l could do no more then.
els that the ring l have been carry
ing around or hiding away for two
mortal weeks?"
I nodded again, helpless with laugh
ter. and it was not long till Pauline
laughed with Inc. Then she kissed the
ring and slipped it on her finger. Next
she went to the door Of the arbor and
looked deliberately at the moon over
her left shoulder. Spying a ladder
leaning against the wall. she walked
under it. A rusty nail showed entic-
ingly In the moonlight, but she did not
turn 1t around. She came back to me.
sat down and regarded me gravely.
Il still have an unholy curiosity to
know who did buy that ring and what
1t did to them" she said mournfully.
"Oh, heart of NINE" l crooned. can
it be that you have lived for a whole
summer in this place and have yet to
learn that that jewelry mar is known
~hereabout as Ananias Jones. although
he was chrlstened Henry? He just
dotes on talking to pretty girls. and he
has quite a genius for story telling.
Figuratively speaking, my beloved. he
sold you a gold brick"
Pauline sighed and removed her
shoes. She placed the high heeled.
absurd little articles on the table. re-
garding them seriously. Then she put
them OF again, being careful to dress
the left foot first
"There! That's the very worst one
Of them ALL" she said in the tone the
great man must have used when he
had conquered his last world and there
were no more of them.
There's a worse one" l cried in so
mighty a voice that Pauline jumped.
To-day week is Friday. the 18th. You
wouldn't dare let it be our wedding
day."
knew it was an unfair advantage.
and l was about to take 1t all back
when my blessed girl snuggled herself
into my delighted arms.
II might dare. Harry" she whisper
ed, 'but wouldn't you as lief it would
be a day soonerT