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OFFICE OF READING COMPANY.

FhIIadeITITla- ArTII II. lsalI-
The Board ~ Directors declared from the
earnings dividend ~ Second Preferred
stock q the company T. b. psd Nav 1907. the
etoWho1efs - record close business Aprtl %
1907 Checks viii mailed 70 stockholders who have
fled Dividend orders with The Treasurer
~. r. TAYLOR Secretary.
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THE AMERICAN EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK.
lbs Broadway. New York April 23rd 1907
meeting 81 Board os Directors q tails Bank.
held to-day. semi dividend q FIVE tJrrb PER
CENT the capital stock declared, payable May
let proNimo 10 stockholders record al close Of bust
Aplil 28rd. 1897.
EDWARD BURNS. Cashier
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ENLISTED. TEX dividend.

Closing prices Of active bonds dealt in, with
ret changes follow:
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Trust Companies.


Chartered 1922
The Farmers Loan and Trust Company,
Nos. l6, Is, 20 & % William Street,
Branch Office 475 Fifth Avenue,
New York.
London Paris
IS Bshopsgate St, Within 70 Rue de RiohsHsu.
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TOPICS OF THE STREET

'odd lots tsels cents per share.
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that the feudalism Of the Middle Ages
had simply given place 10 a worse
form of slaVery-c apltallstic driven
Iab0r-W hich had resulted IN the actual
Ubiquitous conditions, the enrichlng OF
The rich and the imp0verishment OF
tile poor lie was familiar with the
suCiaiistie doctrines OF the day and had
taken keen interest iu this moment
Gus question this dream Of & regen-
Grated mankind. lie had read kari
Marx and other sOcialisuc writers,
and while his essentially practical
mind could hardly arprOye all their
program Tor reorganizing the State,
some OF which seemed 70 him utOplan.
eNtravagant, and even undesirable.
he realized that the s0cialistic move
ment was growing rapidly all over The
world and tie day was not Tar distant
when In America as today in Ger
many and France. IL would be- a form
liable factor 20 reckon with,
But until the sOcialistic millennium
arrived and society was reorgauized,
money. he admitted. would remain the
lever of the world, the great stimulus
10 effort Money supplied not only the
necessities OF life but also its Injuries.
everything the material desire CraVed
Tor, ald so long as money had this
magic purchasing power, so long
would men lie aud cheat and rob and
kin for it's possession. Was life worth
living without money! Could one
travel and enjoy the glorious spec
tacies nature affOrds-the rolling
ocean. the ma iestfc mountains. the
beautiful lakes. the noble rivers-Wl1
out money! Could the book lover buv
books. the art lover purchase picturess
Could one have fine hfrIses Ia live IN.
or all sorts Of modern c0nveuiences 10
add 10 ones comfort. without moneV2
The philosophers declared conteutmenL
10 be- happiness. arguing chat th- hai-
carrier Was likely 10 be happier IN
his hat than the millionaire in his
palace: but was not that mere animal
contentment, The happiness which
knows no higher state, the ignorance
OF one whose eyes have never been
raised to the heights
No. jefferson was no fool He loved
money Tor what pleasure, Intellectual
or physical IL could give him. but he
would never allow money 10 dominate
his life as his father had done HIS
father, ne knew we'll was not a happy
man, neither happy himself nor re
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thousand political commissions. city Of
million Crimes-her streets have run
with human blood, horrors unspeak-
able have stained her history, civil
strife has SCARED her monuments, the
German conquerOr inSOiently has
hIvGuaced within her walls. Yet, like
"a virgin underled. she shows no sign
of storm and stress, she offers her
dimplcd cheek To the rising sum and
when fail the shadows OF night and
billion electric bulbs flash IN the sirens
crown her Respondent matchless
beauty daZZles the world.
As the supreme reward Of virtue.
The GOOD American is promised a visit
10 Paris when he dies Those, how
ever. of our sagaci0us fellow country
men who can afford 10 make the trip.
usually manage 10 see Lut eta before
crossing TIE river SIVX. Most Ameri-
cans Ike Paris-some like u 50 we'll
Iuar they have made il their pcTma-
ucnt home-aithOush IL must 5e added
that in their admiration they ely in
rludC the Hrenchman For that matter,
We are not as q nation particularly fond
ui any foreigner, largely because We
da not understand him, while The for
sHeT tor uis part Is quite willing 90
rDtWu the compliment tie gives tire
Jultce credit tor com merciat smart
ursS. which has built uB America
great material prosperity; bat DE hiis
the Utmost contempt for oar acgualat-
1ucc with art. AMI nu profound resprRt
lrr u~ us -,.ituusIs
b. Ii uaI Indeed fortunate that
every nation Hrds itself superior I1
Els neigh b1rf 81 this were not 30
,al W-ula he Jealous OF the other
-ui a"ull ,rN with envy like u spoiled
''ii Who cannot have the moon to
iia} with Happily. therefore. for
Ire harmony 81 the world. each ma
fl"u cordially deIests the other and
ti'- much exploited brotherhood Of
Il NE O. ..H
f.nslsHmdn, confident that he IS the
ltst word of creation despises the
trenehman, who. in turn. laughs at
the German. who shows open contempt
to' H'e italian. while the American.
Conscious Of his superiority 10 the
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been taught how TO enjoy life. one
must be educated 10 that as every
thing else All the American is taught
Is 10 be in perpetual hurry and 10
make money. no matter how. In this
mad daily race for wealth, he bolts
his food, not stopping 10 masticate il
properly, and consequently suffers all
MS life from dyspepsia. So he PUSHES
from the cradle 10 the grave, and
what's the good since he must one
day die like all the reste
And what, asks the foreigner. has
the American hustler accomplished
that his slOwer-going Continental
brother has not done as Well2 Are
finer cities to be found in America
than In Europe. do Americans paint
more beautiful pictures, or write more
learned or more entertaining books,
has America made greater progress in
science2 Is IL not a fact that the
greatest inventors and scientists of our
time-MarcOni, who gave TO the
world wireless telegraphy, Professor
Curie who discovered radium, Pas
reU who found cure for rabies,
Santos DumOnt. who has almost sue
ceeded In navigating the air. Profess
sOr ROentgen. who discovered the X
ray-are not all these immortals Eu-
ropeans? Ana those two greatest me-
chanical inventions OF our day. the
automobile and the submarine boat.
were they not first introduced and
perfected In France before We in
America woke up 10 appreciate their
use Is H. therefore. not possible 10
take life easily and still achieve?
The logic Of these arguments. set
forth in lie S0ir IN an article on the
New World. appealed strongly TO JEFF
lrrson RYDER as he sat IN front OF tho
CAFE de Ia PAX. slipping a sugared Yer
mouth IL was 8 O'Clock. the magic
hour OF the aperiuf, when the glutton
taxes his wits TO deceive his stomach
ana work up an appetite for renewed
sOrging. The little tables were all Oc-
eupied with the usual before-dinner
crowd. There were a good many for
eigners mostly English and Ameri-
cans. and few Frenchmen obviously
FROM the provinces. with only
spriiilding Of real Parisians.
JefeTson's acquaintance with the
French language was none too pro-
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manner from our own slOyeniy street
car rOWdles, We're endeaVOriuE To
breast perfect sea OF naCreS which
like a swarm of mosquitoes. appeared
10 be trying To 90 In every direction
at once. their drivers Yociferatiug tor
rents of Vituperous abuse ou every
man. woman or beast unfortunate
enough 10 get i'm their way. AS dis
penser of unspeakable profanity, the
Paris cOCher has no equal He is
unique no one can approach him He
also enjoyed the reputation OF being the
worst driver In the world. II there is
any possible way I'm which be can run
down pedestrian OF crash into an
other vehicle he viii do &C., probably
for the only reason that 10 gives him
another opportunity 10 display Ais
choice stock OF picturesque explosives.
But il was a lively gOOd-natured
crowd. and the fashiOnably sOWned
women and the Well-dTessed men. the
fakirs hoarsely crying their catch
penny devices, the noble bouleVards
lined as far as the eye could reach
with trees in fun foliage, the magnitl-
cent opera house with its silded dome
glistening in the warm sunshine of
June afternoon, the broad avenue d.
rectly opposite, leading In a splendid
straight line to the famous Paiais
Royal the almost dazzling white
ness II the houses and monuments.
the remarkable cleanliness and OK
cellent condition OF the sidewalks and
streets. the gaiety and richness OF The
shOps and restaurants. the picturesque
ki0sks where they sold newspapers and
fioWers-au this mlle 40 a picture SO
utterly unlike anything he was fsmii-
lar with at home that Jefferson SAT
spellbound. delighted
Yes. il was true. he thought the
foreigner had Indeed learned the sEciet
Of enjoying life. There was assgfediy
something else in the world beyond
mere money getting. His father was
a slave ia IL. bar he would never br.
he Was resolved on that Yet, with
all his ideas OF emancipation and
progress. Jefferson was a thoroughly
practical Young man. He fully under
stood the value of money. and the pos
session OF IL was rs sweet IN him as 10
other men. Only he would never soil
his soul in acquiring IL disE9uorably.
He was convinced that society as at
present organized was al wrong and
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SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTERS 1 AND IL.
John Burkett Ryder Is the Colossus o.
the financial world lie has Won his
power by unscrupuloug means. ana
head Of the southern ana TranscuntI-
mental Railroad Company he has never
had any trouble Ia buying legislators
ana judges 10 make laws and dccls-
Ions favorable 20 his company The
first judge whom he caH0t hfibe D.
Judge Rosamore. IL becomes OF Vital
importance 90 the interests OF the rail-
road that this judge. who has decided
one case against them and who will de
eide more against them If he gets
chance. be got nd OF in some Wa
AS Judge h0samdre cannot be bril-
directly. II Is necessary 20 reach hi
In some other way. John Bunk
Ryder 4 not 20 be fooled by the me-
upright Judge IN the world. In
friendly conversation one day he aa-
vises the Judge % buy a little stoch
IN the Alaskan Mining Company. The
Judge does 80. out Is surprised 70 re
ceive more stock than he has paid for,
retary In such a way that the judge r.
satisfied that u is all right. some tine
later he renders a decision favorable
20 the Great Northwestern Company,
which is the old Alaskan Mining COM
pany under another name, Ryder, az
last has the Judge IN bis trap; and ne
intends 90 make Il appear that Judge
Rcssmore has accepted the unpaid-for
stock IA payment for his services 70
the mining company.
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proSaie money-mad New York. the
city OF pleasure presented indeed A
novel and beautiful spectacle. How
different. he unused. from his own
city with its one fashionable thor
oushfare-F1fth avenue-monOtonOus
lined FOR miles with hideOus brown
stone residences and showing little
real animation except during the Sat
urday afternoon parade when the ac-
Invites of the smart set. male and fe-
male. centered chiefly in such excit-
ing diversions as going to Huyler's
Tor soda. taking tea at the Waldorf,
and trying 10 Guido each other ia dress
and SHOW New York certainly was
a duh place with all its boosted cos
mOpOlitanlsm- There was no deny
ing that. Destitute of any natural
beauty, handicapped BY fits cramped
geographical position between two
rivers, made unsighuy by gigantic
sky-sCrapers and that noisy mon
strosity, the elevated railroad having
no intellectual interests, no art inter
ests in anything not Immediately con-
nected with dollars. h was a city 10
dwell Ia and make money in but
hardly a city 10 live in. Tie million
aires we're building white marble pal
aces, taxing the ingenuity and the orr
glnaiiry of the native architects. and
thus 10 some extent relieving the gen
eral ugliness and drab commonplace
ness, while the merchant princes had
begun 10 invade the lower end Of the
avenue with handsome shops. But in
spite Of all IA :, in spite of its pretty
sirls-and jefferson insisted that in
this one important particular New
York had no perrin spite Of its com
Portable theaters and its wicked ten
derl0in. and It's rialto made SO bril-
liant al night By thousands Of elabOr-
ale electric signs, New York sim had
the subdued air OF a provincial town.
compared with the eXuberant gaiety.
ne FnHHIEfTtfa 4 or
natural and artificial, Of cosmopolitan
Paris.
The bouleVards crowded as usual at
that hour, and the crush Of both We
hicles and pedestrians was SO great as
10 permit OF only a suail-like progress.
The clumsy Uhree-horse Omnlbuses-
Aiadeleine-B astille-crOWded inside and
out with passengers and with their
neatly uniformed drivers and cOnduc-
tors. so different in appearance and
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found, and he had 90 CESS al half The
words in the article. but he understood
enough 10 follow the writer's argu-
Inents. Yes il was quite true. lac
thought the American idea of life was
an wrong, What was the sense OF
OF money one canHGt possibly spend
when there is only one life 10 livee
How much saner the man who is con
tent with enough and enjoys life while
he Is able 10. These Frenchmen, and
indeed all the Continental nations. had
solved the problem. The gaiety OF
their cities, and this eXuberant JOY of
life they communicated 10 an about
them, We're sufficient proofs of il.
Fascinated by the gay scene around
nm JEFFERSON laid the newspaper aside
To the young American. fresh from
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CHAPTER III.

or ali the spots ON this fair. broad
earth where zinc faded globe Wauderer.
nurfeitsI WIiH Hacautyed Sightseeing,
NAV 6it Doe perfect ueirr AMI watch lue
world so by. llsJy ls none more fasci-
mating nur one presenting "a more
brilliant panorama OF c1smOp uAtdu
life Jhau thal famous corner uu tue
Paris boulry Yards. formed by tle angie
OF the Boulevard dies taULcIurs lud
the Place de IOprra. Here. uu LHr
terrace ct Jhe Cafe dc ID FaIA. with
ils white and gold facade tHI long
French windows. aud Jas iuuuHser.tpie
little handicapped tables anal -Eatt .su
ohairs. ole MAJ SIT fur ustu- al thc
trifius expense cd "a ieW -uu~. uudfs-
turbrd even LN The iip-setkiHe g4rrou.
and it uu- hIppru- iu br student of
human uauI4t, uld keen enjoyment iu
Sbsvrt ing tlr world Ir~- represent
ing every race aul nationality under
lhe sun, tAat pass and i--Ia@s go "a
steady. never ce1sius- yNAausJlesS
stream The crowd sursrs tu and fru.
mast tie httle tables. occasionally top
bling over u chair ur two lu the crush
moving mp cor down the great bOuir-
wards, one Procession going 10 the
right iu the direction 81 tie Church
OF the Madeleine, the other 20 the left
heading toward The historic Bastile.
both really Eoing nowhere ia particu-
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whole family of nations. secretly pities
them ALL
The most serious fault with the
Americdn-Whose one god is MammOn
end chief characteristic hustle-has 10
md with his French brother is that he
enjoys life too much. is never In
hurry, and. what 10 the Yankee mind
Is hardly respectable, has a habit of
playing domnocs during business
hours. The Frenchman retorts that
his American brother. clever person
lhOugh he be, has one or two things
sim 10 learn lie has. he declares.
uo philosophy OF life II is true thar
he has learned the trick of making
money. but I'm the things which go 90
satify the soul he is still strangely
lacking He thinks he is enjoying life,
when really he is ignorant Of what
life Is. lie admits il is not the
Americans fault, for he has never
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A. he spoke his prosuathous Jaw
and Ia his eyes now COal-black We're
Rilnts oil fire. AT the same instant
there was blluains Fash, accom-
panied bE "a terrific crash. and the
splinters OF the Tag pole on the build
Ing opposite. which had been struck
By a bolt, IeI al their IccL-
"A gond or bad omen asked Ihg
senator with nervous laugh. lie WAS
secretly afraid oi lightning but was
ashamed TO admit H.
"A bad omen tor Judge Rossmorei"
FeJoined RYDER cIuuy, as he SLAMMED
10 the door OF IIl lab and the two
men drove rapi"is un Iu the direction
OF Fifth dVgauc-
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lar but ambling gently and good hui
moredly along enjoying the sights
and life,
Joyous. radiant Paris-the playground
of the nations. the Mecca Of the pleas
ure-seekers, the city beautiful. Paris
Jle siren. frankly immoral always Sc
ductive ever caressingi City Of a
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-10-12

amante 8 SC toma una GAIA de
cerillas cuando Sc cree engana-
da. sin pensar en- escribir dos IL
meas nj siquiera explicarse 10
que siente, es tan grande, nos
separa tan hondamente, que la
admirable psicologia de las he
roinas del novelista del Norte
es I'm alegato contra la existen-
cia de la unidad de un alma fe-
COLON
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-10-12
TRIBUNAL SUPREME DEPUERTO RICO
OFICINA DEL SECRETARio

Por la presente Sc informa al publ
co en- general que los PROGRAMS para la
admission de aspirantes al ejercicio de
la ABOGACIA ante los Tribnnales
lnsulares, no Sc distribuyen en- esta
Ofcina, debiendo dirigirse todo el que
interese algdn ejemplar de ellos, 4 la
Liberia del BoLETIN MDRCANTIL,
que ba tornado 4 su cargo la publica-
cion Y venta de los mismos
San Juan Puerto Rico % de Julio de 1907,
II. #. Cuxtr0.
Secretario del Tribunal Supreme
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-10-12
FEMENINAS
LAS MuJeRES De SUOERmANN

mario; eS c1ertO que hay TaSgOS
comunes a toda mujer; pero es-
tos son los sentimientos natura-
les del alma humana. En- todo
10 demas sus manifestations
son tan diversas, tan distintas,
seg1n ell pals y las costumbres,
que no guardian analogia. Su-
g1ere Ell mi estoS pensamientos
la lectura de las obras compile
tas del gran novelista del Nor
te, Sudermann.
Aquellas mujeres que Ell des.
cribe y copia; aquellas mujeres
que viven en- las paginas de sus
llbros, no son nuestras mujeres,
de tenperamento fogoso, franco
y sincere
Las mujeres de Suderr1ann
tienen todas psiCologia compli-
cada, almas de abismo; son su-
tiles, suspicaces, observadoras y
misteriosas. Sc las deslizar-
sc menuditas, palidas, temblan-
tes, con sus rostrOs de marhl y
sus manOs de hostia, con su de
licadeza de enfermas, como Mar.
ia Bremen en- "El deseo' Isabel
en- LA mujer girls y Maria, la
esposa del pastor protestante, en-
"Cantico de la muerte', quebra-
dizas y fragiles como petalos de
for de almendro temprano.
Otras veCes son fuertes, es-
culturales, marm6reas. como
Olga Bremen en- Ell primero de
los libros citados. y Gertrudis
en- "El molino silenCioso'; pero
todas son enimaticas y miste
. TiOsaS.
p va es una que muere de amor
sin que 10 sOspeChe siquiera el
amado, ante Ell que aparece aris-
ca Y hurana; va es Otra que SD
Cumbe de dOlOr con rostrO sere
no; va la jovencita que Sc casa
friame nte por Calculo como "Yo-
landa' 8 va la mujer que en- el
silencio de su gabinete pasa del
amor a la inditerencia y de la
fidelidad al engano, como Ali
Cia' en- "Lirios de la India" sin
que Sc cOnmueva un musCulO
de su rostro, sin que salga una
Queja de sus labios, sin que de-
je de tener preparado Ell te para
el confiado amante, nj le pida la
Have de su "bOudOir.'
En- el fOndo del alma de las
mujeres de Sudermann hay
siempre un elemento tragico,
repliegues rec6nditos donde no
llegan jamas Ia am1stad nj el
amor, una impulsi0n al suiCidio,
q la desesperaCl0n y a la muer-
te. PareCe que no sc las como
&c hasta que sc las We reposan-
do entire miosotis azules y liriOs
blanCos. Es entonCes CuandO
Sc la visto su alma, su alma
ObSCura, tortuOSa, llena de ardOr
generOso Y de pasiOnes lmpuras
un tempo mismo; que hace d
dos hermanaS quererse t1erna-
mcnte V sentir celos saCrihCar-
S. una pOr Otra y descar su
muer:- con una vehemenCia
que tiene fuerza de asesinato.
tstas almas de mujer, frlas
en- aparienCia, compliCadas a la
vez, apasionadas Y juiclosas, te-
rribles y buenas, leales y peril
das, enganosas y mobiles, donde
TODD Sc amalgama, sc confunde
y sc mezCla, no tienen punto de
seme jana con las almas senCl-
Has. inocentes, que sc deJan
arrebatar por la passion y mues-
tran sin esfuerzo su bondad 8
su malicia.
Sin duda la Causa principal
de esta diferencia estriba en- la
superior cultura que reclben las
mujeres del Norte. la cual, al
mismo tempo que eleva sus
ST 1timientoS, les da Ell dominic
de las pasiones para ocultarlos
9 intentar dirigirlos La dife-
rencia entire Marta Bremen que
muere lentamente, escrlblend do