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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-12-26
Ell tempo en- Ia Isla

Estado del tempo de la semana que
termino Ell dfa 21 de Diciembre 1897
En- la division N. de la isla. hubo IN
tempo parcialmente nublad do y cayeron
aguaceros con frecuencia no acos-
tum brada en- la tercera semaua de Di
cismbre. En- San Juan Sc ha anotado
durante la semana, As aguaceros. Sir
embargo la precipitation total no fut
excesiva, porque los aguaceros fueron
generalmente de corta duraci6n. En-
las divisiones E., S., y O., el tempo fu<
gsneralmente claro y la precipitation
lisera. Reinaron vientos del E., el
dfa II.
La temperature media en- la isla fut
IS grado o. grado bajo de la semana
precedente. La mas alta que han in
tornado fus % grades, en- Juana Dfsz,
el dfa 20; la mae baja 81 grades, en- Ca
yey, ell dfa Is y en- Cidra, ell dia 1o. En-
San Juan la temperature media en- la
semana fue ligeramente sobre la nor
NAL.
Ell promedio de la precipita ci6n en-
la isla fue O. IS pulgadas. La cantidad
mayor de precipitation local fue 3.7S
pulgadas, en- Canovanas En- varias es.
taciones practicamente no llovio.
La siguiente ia bla demuestra la va
riacien de tempers tura y la cantidad
dc precipitation en- estaciones deter
minadas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-12-26
LA RECEPTION EN- PALACIO

Mahana por la noche sc dara
en- Palacio una reception en-
honor de los miembros de las
Juntas escolares de la Isla. Mr.
Post invita- por medic de la
prensa a sus numerosos ami
COS de toda la Isla, los cuales
no han recibido las invitacio-
mes de costumbre debido a la
premura del tempo. Sc espe-
ra que la reception de mana
ma Sc yea muy concurrida.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-12-26
Sociedad Es pa6oIa de
AuxiIio Mutuo Y
BenefiCenCia

La junta directiva de esta meri-
tfslma y benefca institution, Sc COM
place en- recordar a todos los socios Y
Irespectivos familiares que, como de
|costumbre. el dla primero del afio
pr6ximo, 1908, 4 las nueve de la
)maflana, Sc celebrara la solemne
mlsa que, por Ell eterno descanso
de los socios fallecidos en- Ell trans
curse del aflo que fenece, sc aplica
en- tan sef1alado dla.
As1 mismo, hace extensive la invi-
tacion. cuantas familias tienen por
|costumbre asistir a tan caritativ0
acto, dando mayor realce y esplendor
al festival y honrando nuestra casa
Sanatorio en- Santurce.
El Presidente,
.4CeIiMO ViceMte
Pto. Rico. Dcbre. %, de 1907.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-12-26
FL CRlNDl DBL DORADO
Ell P0LlCiA JOSE R. ARROYO DlSPlRA
CONTRA EL CAB0 JUAN R0IG
EL SEPELIo EN- MkNATl
ASESINATO EN- PRIMER GRADO

Las noticias que nos llegan del
Dorado cOnfirman los rumOreS que
circulaban por San Juan acerca del
policla. Ell hecho es Ell siguiente:
Ell Cabo Roig Sc traslado Baya
mon en- la mafIana del martes con
objeto de recibir ordenes del tenien-
te seflor Schittini, quien manifesto a
dicho funcionario, que los policias
no extremaran mucho Ell rigor en-
Noche Buena, y que dejasen con al
guna libertad al vecindario, mientras
no hubiese desordenes nj Sc atentase
contra la seguridad personal. Por
la tarde al trasmitir Ell Cabo Roig las
mencionadas observaciones del Te-
niente sefIor Schettini a los guardias
de su puesto en- Dorado, Sc dirigio
muy especialmente al policia Arroyo,
Ell cual seg1n parece Observable una
conducta POGO escrupulosa.
Mas tarde ocurri6 un disgusto en-
tre el cabo Roig Ell expresado poll
cfa. Luego vino Ell desenlace final
ocasionandose la muerte violenta del
cabo Roig, quien recibio tres heridas
de revolver. Ell captain Cabrera con-
dujo anoche eSta ciudad al matador
ingresando en- el Preside Correccio
nal. Ell sepelio del cabo Roig Sc ha
llevado a cabo en- Manat1 habiendo
resultado una verdadera manifesto
ci6n. Ell Fiscal ha califcado el he
cho de asesinato en- primer grado.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-12-26
Ell INDULTO De KENT

Esta manana ha estado en-
Palacio, una Comlsion de amerl
canos, espanoles Y puertOrri-
quenos, presidida por ell aboga-
do Mr.. Hartzell solicitando del
Gobernador Mr.. Post ell indulto
del senor James Kent. Mr.. Post
recibi6 a la Comision y manifes
to que estudiarfa Ell asunto.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-12-26
Sucesos EN- Barranquitas

Ell Gobernador Mr. Post, ha recibi-
do un telegrama de Barranquitas, en-
Ell cual Sc informa acerca de alteracio-
mes ocurridas en- dicho pueblo. Sc
acusa en- dicho telegrama como eau
sante de pequef1os disturb bios al CO.
mandante del puesto de policfa. Es-
peramos mayores detalles para infor-
mar.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-12
Remarkable Precocitv.

The annals of precocity present no
more remarkable instance than the
brief career of Christian Heinecker.
born at Lubbock, February 6, 1921, who
died June 81. 1925. At the age OF ten
months he could speak and repeat ev-
cry word said to him; at IL months
old he knew by heart the principal
events narrated in the five books of
Moses; in his second year he learned
the greater part of the history of the
Old and New Testaments; in his third
year he could answer most questions
on history and geography and learned
to speak Latin and French; in his
fourth year he learned the history of
the church and also learned to write.
His death was caused by his unusual
brain activity. ,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-12
old Time "curl upy Skater.

Few of the present generation Of
skaters ever saw pair of oldfash-
Toned "curl up skates or know what
they are, but if they are native born
their parents or grandparents can
probably tell them all about these old
time appliances for skimming over the
ice. The boys and girls of to-day have
quick fastening, light and handsome
skates, and in many cases keep them
attached to shoes that are used only
FOR skating and are put on at the
pond side.
In the old days straps for the "curl
ups" were unknown, leather thongs or
stout strings being used with sort of
harness" to keep the skates on the
feet. The term curl up" comes from
the manner in which the forward end
Of the skate irons were curled, extend
ing over the toe of the foot. Doubt
less many of the old folks can remem-
her when the cheapest skates consist.
ed only of a wood bottom for the foot
and strip of metal for an ice surface.
These were cheap" indeed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-12
A stupendous Farce.


The senate of the United States is
the self styled "most august legislative
body on earth" That it is only part
Of any legislative body is the truth,
but let that go. When the senate sets
Its head, it can pull off bigger farce
with more eclat than any other body
on earth, legislative or otherwise, bar
none. When it comes to farces, it not
only takes the cake, but the entire bak-
cry. Its latest achievement in this
line is the Reed Smoot case. For three
or four years several grave and rever-
end seigniors have kept themselves in
the limelight by spasmodically and
frequently informing an expectant
world precisely what they were about
to do to Smoot. The shouting of the
captains, the sounding of the tomtoms,
the rubadub of the drums, were some
thing awful. The result will recall to
classical scholars the lines, "parturi-
unit monies; ridiculus mus est CThe
mountains are in labor; a ridiculous
mouse is BORN. True, Horace puts the
verb in the future tense, and | change
1t to the present tense so as to make
it fit the case, for the ridiculous mouse
is born, the Smoot mouse Senator
julius Caesar Burrows Numbered at
Smoot, while Smoot smiled. The Mich
1gan j. G. cannot repeat the proud
boast Of the mighty j. c. and say,
"Feni, vidi, vici"-not by joyful. He
should make his saying thus: Il came,
l saw, was walloped." And where
fore? Why will Smoot serve out his
term? Because Senator Marcus A.
Kama epterea Int an alliance, often.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-12

mer born. Accnrdinelv the youth was
given few astronomical primers as a
birthday present instead of the Ara
bian Nights" or "Gulliver's Travels"
Before another birthday the eager
student had worn the covers off these
books and had more knowledge of the
planets, satellites, comets, meteors and
other features of the heavens canopy
than the average person acquires in a
lifetime.
It WAS no puzzle to the father to de-
eide what sort of gifts would please
his son, and bit by bit the young as
tronomer accumulated telescopes, or
reries, star maps and other parapher-
MALTA and as became private observ-
er. he fitted up corner of the coun-
try home as an observatory. Here he
had ample leisure to cultivate his ia
vorite science.
Finding it impossible to get good
translations of foreign works on as
tronomy and astronomers, the lad
learned three languages-French, Ger
man and Italian-and at the age of
Is he published book on "Astrono-
mers of To-Day" In reviewing this
work London journalist said: 1--WE
do not know the author of this book,
but it Is clear to us that he has given
years Of serious thought to the subject
and is also fully and accurately &C.
quainted with the works and methods
of the worlds greatest astronomers.
Recently this boy-now only Is
years of age-published a second book,
"A Century's Progress in Astronomy. y
The volume is one of $40 pages and
tells in an easy vein the marvellous
progress that has been made in this
deep but fascinating science during the
last hundred years.
Young Macpherson is member of
the Societe Astronomique de France
and member Of the Societe Beige
d'Astronomie. If there be lad of sim
liar accomplishments and honors in
the land of marvels across the sea the
young Scotch expert would undoubted
ly like to hear of him lest he rest on
honors that be not his
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-12
Old Rachelors

Sensible and just folks will be In
clined to poohpooh Grover Clevelands
remarks as to the evil character of old
bachelors. His wisdom is a sort of
eleventh hour performance. If his idea
had been law until he was about fifty,
he would have been in bad box. OF
course most men ought to marry and
marry between the ages of twenty and
thirty. So ought most women, but the
advice and criticism would come with
better grace from some one who has
practiced at reasonable age what
the rule of conduct should be which he
prescribes for others
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-12
A YOUNG ASTRONOMER.
HECTOR MACPHERSON, A SCOTCH
BOY, ONLY 1e YEARS OLD.
A Star Gazer From Brth-Has Writ.
ten Two Notable Scientific Works
Speaks Four Languages
Rules Private Observatory.

Edinburgh, Scotland.-Unless there
be an exception on the other side of
the Atlantics-for America is steadfast-
ly regarded by the old world as land
of prodigies and possibilities-Sco
land thinks it can boast of the young.
est astronomer in the world.
He is Hector Macpherson, jr., and
although only Is years old, is the auth.
or of two notable astronomical books
He is the son of prominent Scottish
journalist and lives with his father in
a pretty tree-sheltered country house
at Johnsburn, Balerno, a few miles
from Edinburgh.
The young star-gazer first saw the
light of the moon in 1889, and from
the wonderful accomplishments since
credited to him, it may be safely as
sumed that he began at once to make
inquiries in his infantile mind regard.
ing that golden orb of night shining
through the nursery windows.
In childhood he had more affection
for the Big and Little Bears of the
heavens than for the woolly ones
stuffed with sawdust from the toy
shop, and he watched the shooting
stars with more interest than he took
in his bouncing rubber ball. He learn.
ed the signs Of the zodiac as easily as
the alphabet and listened more atten-
lively to the myths of Diana and Apol-
10 than to the Forty Thieves" or
Jack, the Giant Killer"
His parents encouraged the child but
little in his abnormal interest in the
wonders of the armament, but before
the boys twelfth birthday his father
decided that Hector was an astrono,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-12
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF ToLEDo,l 90
LUCAS COUNTY Do

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he Is senior
partner Of the firm of F. ]. Cheney & Co.. doing
business in the City of Toledo, County and
State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cam OF be cured
by the use of Halls Catarrh Cure X
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December. A. D. 1886
A. W. GLEASON
(SEAL.] NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials free.
FIJI. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for Constipation.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-12
Already Fading.

One of the queerest things known
among men is the status of the gov
ernors Of New York. Any man elected
to the chief magistracy Of that COM
monwealth Immediately becomes u
presidential possibility. How long he
remains such depends on many things.
Two months ago Charles Evans
Hughes was hailed as the greatest
man ever by certain sycophants. He
was dead sure to be president, etc.
Even his dullest remarks We're sent
out broadcast by the Associated Press
as equal to King Solomons proverbs,
but somehow or somehow else he
seems to have suffered an eclipse.
"What fools we mortals bel"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-12
HE GOT THE cooNs
MODERN DAvY CROCKETT JUsTI.
FLED REPUTATION.
Animals Spouted From the "Volcaner"
In Droves After Uncle Sim Had
Fixed Up His Little Surprise
Party.

Coons bothered the farmers living
at the foot of Jockey Cap mountain
so this fall that the residents finally
sent committee over to Chittenden
to beg Uncle Simeon Pitt to spend
week clearing them out, says the
Northam, VT, correspondent of the
New York World. They figured that
Uncle Sim could get 'em if any one
could, for he has the reputation of be-
ing sort of modern David Crockett.
If this failed, they said they would be
ready to throw up their hands.
While it seemed as though all the
coons in the country had congregated
on Jockey Cap just to make the lives
of the farmers miserable, they really
believed there were only a few, fol-
every time dog was "sicked" on to
one of the marauders he landed at the
end of mammoth hollow log, the
other end of which stuck fast to the
base of high cliff. They had prodded
this hollow log, forced smoke into it
set traps at it's mouth and used every
other means to get at the coons, but
IL WdS uO use, anu oO lu0 lOlh uSCluCV
to send for Uncle Sim.
The famous coon hunter is getting
along in years, but he responded vigor,
ously to the call of distress, and the
other day he showed up with his
trusty rifle. The circumstance of the
hollow log was explained to him be-
fore he had been in the village ten
minutes, and, being the exemplitica'
ton of promptness, the hunter hast,
ened thither.
"Ye say every blessed coon's hiked
right into this ere boiler hole an
got away?" he asked after he had
made an inspection.
That's jest it, uncle" replied Hosea
Park, answering for the committee
livery one has gone right in there.
Uncle Sim climbed to the top OF
the cliff, smiled with satisfaction and
then asked for 20 men with guns
Forty-two responded and these uncle
placed about hole 80 rods back from
the cliffs face.
Now, chop that ERE log right off
clust to the rock he commanded,
and you'll find that the hole contin-
ues right into cave"
The surprised farmers did as re.
uuasted and were astonished to dis.
cover passageway leading into the
mountain. That explained the mys-
terry, but it didn't capture the coons.
They were wondering how Uncle Sim
was going to accomplish this feat
when he ordered big bonfire of wet
twigs built at the mouth of the pas.
sageway.
There's probably mess of 'em in
the cliff" he said, AN we'll just
smoke 'em right up through the hole
In the top till they come out of the
chimney like stuns out of volcaner.'
Two minutes after the fire was
started sounds Of snarling and claw
Ing came from within and Immediately
coons just spouted out of the "vol
Gamer" At the first signs of eruption
the guns began to pop and as the
fusillade continued it sounded as
though great battle was being
fought. The air was full of bullets
buckshot, fur and explanations, and
when the volcano had exhausted Itself
coons were piled three feet deep al
around the mouth of the crater. How
many were killed no one knows, bu1
there will be enough skins, according
ITO reports, to carpet the church.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-12

sive and defensive, with the Mormon
apostles, which alliance subsists to this
day and which has all along been
Shoots shield and buckler. There
never was any more chance to fire him
from the senate than there is to raise
cotton profitably on Greenland's icy
mountains.
st. Charles Banner. News Philosophy.
When l was Il boy back in the hill
country of Kentucky one of the ia
vorite ''copies" set for us by the Old
field schoolmaster was, MANY men
Of many minds'-which is true. 1t is
also true that there are many ways
of expressing an idea beneficial to
mankind. The st. Charles Banner
News is one Of the sprightliest papers
in my district. Recently it contained
this suggestive editorial paragraph:
The man who has placed fine walks
around his house on the inside of the
fence, but who has neglected to place
any walks on the outside where the gen
eral public might have share OF his
convenience, will never be guilty of
planting apple trees along the public
highway SO that after his death the
weary traveller may partake of the fruit
and shade. Upon his gravestone nobody
will have the nerve to carve, He loved
his fellow men,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-12
Worked Like a Charm.

Mr.. D. N. Walker, editor OF that
spicy journal, the Enterprise, Louisa,
va says: ~ ran nail In my foot last
week and at once applied Bucklen's
Arntca Salve. No Inflammation fol-
lowed; the salve simply healed the
wound" Heals every sore, burn and
skin disease. Guaranteed at p. A.
Clemmer'S Druggist 25c. T
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-12
Found At Last.

]. A. Harmon, of Lizemare, West
Va. says: SAT last have found the
perfect pill that never disappoints
me; and for the benefit of Others aff1lc-
ted with torpid liver and chronic con-
stipation, will say: take DR.. Kings
New Life Pills" Guaranteed satlsfac.
tory. 25c at P. A. Clemmers Store. r
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-12
FARMERS AND HoRsEMEN

Are your horses afflicted with
Heaves? Ifso you should at once
procure bottle OF LUERs' HEAvE
DROPS, sure cure for Heaves, Short
windedness, Coughs and Indigestion.
For sale by ]. 81. Luers Drug Co.; P.
A. Clemmer; m. Connolly; and
Lomas & MILF. 93yl.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-12
In Its Usual Form.

Great Scott! What ails your
atenographer's spelling?"
"Ails it? Nothing. It's in it's nor.
mal condition. She's little in ad.
vance of the other spelling reformers;
that's all"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-12
AZ X * X X * III
Clark's Il
~
Ky
Democrats In House Rout Machine Re-
publcans Restricting Hours Of Labor ~
on Railways-The Reed Smoot Farce. ~
Nv ~ ~ xx xx xx Ky
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

the words on lines 10 and IA of page o,
under direction of the attorney gen
eral," and leaves the district attorneys of
the United States to proceed to prosecute
without waiting for orders from Wash
ington. Then, Mr. Speaker the word
duly" has been stricken out and Sat
isfactory" put in its place in line II on
page s, because the latter word was
thought to be more liberal in the direc-
ton of the remedy desired.
Now Mr.. Speaker, this is not the best
bill that the Democratic party could pre-
sent to the country upon this subject.
1t is not as good a bill as the minority
members of the committee on interstate
and foreign commerce, who the other
day signalized their devotion to the best
interests of the country by leading this
side Of the house to the course that it
took, could prepare, but it is the best
bill we can get now, and it has been so
nearly perfected in every respect that we
do not feel that we can stand in the
pathway of the proposed legislation so
important in every way.
Mr.. Speaker, the Democracy never per-
formed more signal service to the cuun-
try; the Democratic members of the in
terstate and foreign commerce committee
never performed a more signal service to
the country than they did the other day
when they refused to be stampeded by
the cry that they were opposing a six
teen hour law and defeated the suspen-
sion of the rules, so that the house might
get what it now hasa better bill
And, repeat, I am glad to hear the
gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Dali
zell] justify our conduct by telling the
house how much better this bill is than
the one which the other side of this
chamber, guided by their leaders, tried
on Monday last to cram down our
threats without any power of amendment
or of betterment
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-12
Not Accusing Indignation.

Il told you." said the merchant, ito
mark this box handle with care
What's this nonsense you've painted
here?"
"That," said the college graduate,
lis the Latin for handle with care.'"
How do you expect the baggage
man to understand that?"
! HE won't, and, therefore. he won't
get mad and smash the box"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-12

Experience as a Teacher.

"The way to get thing done prop
erly," remarked the home grown phi
losopher, lis to do it Yourself"
''That's where you go lame" reioin-
ed the man with the absent hair. 1.-The
proper way is to let your wife do 1t.
Then she can't say, 4 told you So -
Chicago News.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-12
Positions
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Every man is likely, at some time,
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You may be appointed guardian of
minor, or executor Of will or
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4. ton; you may be offered iduciary
4 position with bank, you may wish
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5 stances, and many others. we will
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a Being the largest Company in the
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q can give you an absolute suaran.
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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-12
A Good Example.

Ex-Governor w. J. Northen Of Geor-
gia deserves well at the hands of his
countrymen for his efforts in favor of
law and order. Every good man and
woman everywhere will wish him
well, not that there is more violation
of law and infraction of order in Geor-
gia than elsewhere, because there is
too much of both in every state and
country under the sun. Governor
Northen sets Il fine example to other
eminent men. which, let us hope, will
be followed by many.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-12
knockinu.

Mrs. Crimsonbeak-1 understand the
last United States census reports ten
women working as wheelwrights in
the country.
: Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Well, they're not
The only women who use hammers.