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Avisamos q las personas, que
solicitan suscribirse a este diae
rio, que el peri6dico no les sera
enviado, 81 el aviso que con tai
objeto remitan, no viene acom-
panado del importe de Ia sus-
crici6n.
Esta vale por un trimeste
1925. Por IN semestre $3.50.
For un afio $500. Rago an
t;cipad0,
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-11-21
RebeIdlas haltianas.

Kipgston JamAics, Octubre 24.-Un
tribunal de Haiti Conden6 4 muerts 4 die
ciEeis hombres por conBpirsr quersr de-
rrocaT 81 gobierno de Ia repdblica. Las
noticiaB recibidas por correo, demuestgan
que 81 psfs eata tranquiIo; peTo muchaB
perAonaH temsn que sn brevs estaIle ma
Fevoluci6n.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-11-21
LeglOnariOs de Ia muerte.

Atenas.-La aIdea griega de R kowsn,
situada & coItR diAtanciR de MonastieY,
fac atscada por una partids bd CARA, Is
que prendi6 fuego q nm centenar de casaS,
despU6l de haber dado mueEte variog
habitantes de ls expregada aldsa. La
mayor parte de ls poblaci6n ne vic obliga'
dc huir.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-11-21

nlpgGon na oDGenloo 81 mas faY JR6ble re-
suItado.
Han regresado aver tarde dc Are.
cibo los aeioVss Caubst J Luis RubeEt
del alto comeEcio de eBta plaza que eatu'
vieron Rlli en- asnntos de neg9cioB.
En- el vapoF "BaenoB Aires" gus
sale de este puerto en- 81 dia de mafianR,
embRrca el sefor Miguel PoEtslI con OBJ
jeto de yer % hijs, con motive de la
p6rdida de gu querida eSpoaR acaecida en
Barcelona.
Que bTiHaB BuaveB llevsn la nAvs dcnde
va al puerto de la antigua metr6poli, 81
dsaventuFa3o espoBcs
Una cuEionidad. Un distinguido
abogado reaidents en- eAta ciudRd hR re-
cibido una carts con la siguiente direc'
ci6n. "Sr. don Ricardo la Costa. Aboga'
do. San Juan de Puerto Rico. HaBana,
Cuba"
Ell sefi9r Jacobo DsluuBa, isfs de Es'
tadfsticR del Dspsrta mento de InntEu Eucci6n
sufsi6 sHta mafisna an atsque teniendo
que recojsTss en- "a casa no pudiendo
concurrir gu ofcina. lie dessamos me-
jorfa.
-ss encusntEa on San Juan en- aBun'
to de Ru profession, el J6ven Lido. Antonio
Lopez del Vale hijo del proPietRTio don
Arturo Lopez, de Toa Alta.
5-El estimable compatEiots doctor Bou
del Corozsl, eBt6 On San Juan vino
dsClaEaT como tsatigo, en- ell caso de Nico
medeH Lopez, acugado de homicide vo
IuntaEio.
-EI tesoEeTo de Puerto Rico sen III
GTocmsr que regres6 hoy de los EstadoB
Unidos, estuvo estR mafana en- el deB'
pacho del gobernadoT INFERNO. Dsrpues
fG6 & 10 ofciua en- donde 81 personal del
Departamento le hizo uu oArino1o reel.
bimisnto, Ssa bisnvenido 81 distiuguido
fanciopRTio.
Ell Btfior Ortiz de MaDstt informR que
hay ALI IN caballo que supone snfermo de
muermo , Bolicita que vaya 81 Veterinario
para que le examine.
-El senior CaTRmbot, Maestro Plomero
de eBta ciudad hR remitido para Bu aproba.
Ci6n dos pianos de plomeria de las obTaa
que Sc pEopone ejecutsT On las casaH Sol so
, PTesidio II.
Aver fueEon curadoB On 81 cuarto de
de sOcoETos de estR ciudad, de lesicnes
levHs, Emilio Rodriguez, ViFgilio Rios,
BsfAeI segarra, EIadiO Rivera , Hsriot
DentAn.
En- el dep6aito municipal habia hoy
detenidOH so hOmbEeS y 8 muisreu.
Han uidO dssignadOs como profesoreu
TuEaleB de BarroB, Eulogis Torres Espe
ranza Gonzalez , F6ix Ruiz.
"A las de la tarde de hoy Bs lIevark
efscto 81 entisrro del que fu6 nusutro
queTido comps sro Sefi1T Rossndo Infante
SaRvsdEa.
Ell gobeFnadoF intsrino senor Wi.
llouhby no tuvO niDgdn aHunto de inteEes
one informaF hoy los reporters,
-Eata noChs celsbEaT6n una junta
extraordinaria los albahiles Rfliadca & Ia
institution "CfEculo de trabaiadoFes dc
Puerto RicO," en- 81 local que eBtR oCupa,
Fortaleza 70.
lei inspector de Banidad bsnefcencia
informa 81 depaTtamento de SRnidad que
se ha pEoCedido aisiaF IN cabalIo dc don
Joaquin Ruiz poE HoBpsChREBe que pads'
co de mueTmo aBi como tEes de Ia Porto
Rican Ice Co.
lei LaboEatorio QofmiCo be pEodu.
cido denunCia contra Natividad del VaIIe
& Iaidora Rodrigusz pOE vendsE leOho
adultsEadR,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

T1NCLE SAM conducts the largest post
~ office in the world, carries more mail
matter than any other country, has more
employees working for the distribution OF
the letters, and has over three hundred thou
sand more miles of mail routes than the next
nearest country. He believes in paying
better for faithful service, and strives to reach
the most out of the way corners of his country
with mail. The mail routes extend over
wider range of country and climate than any
competitor, and as result he resorts to more
queer methods of distribution and collecting
than any country of Europe, Asia, or Africa.
While the railroad train, trolley, mail
wagon, automobile, and pneumatic tube are
the CHEF methods of mail transportation in the
towns and cities of the United States, some
queer vehicles are enlisted in the service in
outlying regions In parts of the West the
armed rough rider is still favorite mail car
rier In Alaska Indian runners and canoernen
trusted employees of the post office. At
one time camels actually transported mails
across the deserts of Southern California and
Arizona; but automobiles to-day have dis
placed these imported animals.
In the Arctic reindeer and dogs furnish the
motive power for the mall trains To the post
office at Point Barrow, in Alaska, reindeer
carry the mails at long intervals. One mail
route of dog teams and reindeer Is ever TO IT
thousand miles long, and the carriers travel
through all kinds of country and weather.
The whaling ships are also impressed into the
service Every whaler collects and distributes
mail in the far North. Sometimes duplicates
are sent on several whalers, so that if one is
ice bound the other may reach its destination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27
Strange Mail Carriers

Solitary canoemen hail these whalers at
different points, and deliver and collect mail
for interior points. The runners frequently
swim seas and bays to deliver their mail
in time, and regularly face billiards and storms
which would terrify any but the hardened.
There are solitary post offices in the Arctic
wastes without postmasters or clerks. They
consist of small huts, and sometimes only OF
heaps of stones. A mail carrier or special
mail runner leaves letters at one of these
stations until the owner strays that way and
picks them up. Sometimes the mail remains
in these deserted post offices for months and
years. But rarely the letters opened by
the wrong people or stolen. Everyone considers
himself a part of the Post Office Department
in that far region If letter is found in the
hut by some one it is delivered in person or
left until the owner comes to claim it.
These distant mail routes do not always
pay; but for the sake of treating all of his people
alike Uncle Sam maintains expensive Injuries
sometimes. There is one post Office in the
country which has rule only two letters
delivered year, but the route is not abandoned.
Those living in cities with excellent mail ser
vices should not begrudge the lonely inhabi-
tants of the distant corners of the land their
few mail deliveries, for life at it's best is often
discouraging and untouched by those little
luxuries of existence which we accept as
necessities. A six months old paper or
magazine, or stray letter from a friend or
relative to the miner, fishermen, farmer in
some lonely region may carry more sweetness
and joy into life than a present of wealth
could to a more fortunate person nearer
civilization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27
Largest Things in the World

tween Lucerne and Milan. 1t is twenty-six and
a half feet wide, nineteen feet from the floor
to roof, and nine and quarter miles long.
The largest library IS the Bibliotheque
Rationale in Paris.
The largest desert is the Sahara in Africa.
This barren waste has length of three thou
sand miles and an average width of nine hun
bred miles. Rain falls there in torrents at
intervals of five, ten, and twenty years. 1t
is hot in summer; but in winter the tempera-
ture often goes as low as zero.
The greatest pyramid in the world is that
of Cheops of the Gizeh group. 1t contains
eighty-nine million cubic feet of masonry, is
four hundred and ifty-one feet high, and the
total weight of the stone in this mammoth
monument has been estimated as over six
million tons.
The largest bell is the great bell at Moscow,
which is eightysix feet in circumference at
the bottom, over twenty-one feet high, and
twenty-three inches thick at the top. Its
weight has been computed as two hundred
and seventeen tons. 1t has never been hung.
The highest lighthouses are the Bartholdi
Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor which
is one hundred and fifty-one feet, besides a
pedestal of one hundred and fifty-fve feet
one at Genoa. Italy, two hundred and eighteen
feet in height; and Cape Hatteras light, which is
one hundred and eighty nine feet.
redwoods of California One of these in a
grove in Tulare County is one hundred and
eight feet in circumference at the base, and
seventy-six feet at a point twelve feet from
the ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

nounced it as the most absurd scheme ever
conceived, and another doubted if Stephenson
ever had plan, or was capable of making one
Still another member thought him mad, and
fourth called him foreigner, on account of
his Scotch accent.
When the Pacific road was projected in this
country, more than one Senator and Member
of Congress predicted that few if any would
live to see it completed but six years after
ward trains were running to San Francisco.
1t was nearly century after the discovery
that illuminating gas could be distilled
from coal before it was regarded as fit, or used
for practical purposes 1t was considered
merely an amusing experiment and exhibition.
When finally proposed as an illuminant, 1T
was as seriously opposed. If successful, it
would ruin the whale fishery, in which thou
sands were employed and millions of capital
invested.
1t would put seamen. shipbuilders. rope
makers, sailmakers. out of employment; bank
rupt candlemakers and lamplighters.
1t would explode, and kill thousands Of
people every year.
1t smelled so bad that no one would be able
to live in the place where it was used.
Mischievous persons would break the lamps.
pipes and put the town in darkness whenever
they wanted to commit their crimes.
The claim made for it that one crystal globe
would light large room, was treated as pre-
posterous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

THE largest theater in the world is the
opera house in Paris. 1t covers three
acres of ground; its cubic mass is four
million two hundred and eighty seven thousand
feet; and it cost one hundred million francs.
The highest active volcano is Popocatepetl
near Pueblo, Mexico. 1t is seventeen thousand
five hundred and fifty feet above sea level,
and has a crater two thousand feet wide.
Gibraltar, from strategical point of view,
is the greatest fortress in the world. 1t occu-
pies a rocky peninsula three miles long and
three-quarters of a mile wide, which juts
abruptly into the sea. Its highest point is four
teen hundred and thirty-nine feet above sea
level, and its northern face is almost perpen-
dicular, while it's east side is full of Steep inn
passable precipices. 1t is considered impreg-
nabe.
The Chinese wall is the greatest on earth.
1t was completed 2o4 B. c. as protection
against the Tartars. This wall traverses a
rough stretch of country, passing over noun
tains and valleys and across rivers. 1t is
fifteen hundred miles long, twenty feet high,
twenty-five feet thick at its base, and fifteen
feet at its top.
The deepest mine is the Lambert coal mine
in Belgium, which extends thirty-four hundred
and ninety feet into the earth
The biggest cave in the world is the Mann
moth Cave in Edmonson County, Kentucky.
1t consists of a succession of irregular cham
bers, some of which are traversed by the Echo
River.
The longest railway tunnel in the world,
of Saint Gotthard, on the line of the road be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27
Opponents of Progress

TINE most active opponents of the railroad
and locomotive were the stage coach lines
and canals especially in England, where
the invention was first put into practical use.
They persuaded landowners that the loco
motive was a horrible dragon, monster whose
breath was so poisonous that even the birds
flying overhead would fall dead. 1t would
set fire to everything, make the horse useless
animal destroy the game, put an end to hunt
ing throw land out of cultivation and reduce
agriculturists to beggary, and so increase the
poor rates.
One of the landed proprietors said he would
as soon meet a burglar or a highwayman on
his premises, as an engineer. Another de-
voutly wished that the inventor and the pro-
jector was at rest in Paradise.
When Stephenson was making his surveys
he was threatened by such men as Lord Derby
with ducking; and much of the survey was
done by stealth, for men with guns were
watching them day and night Heads were
broken with bricks, and ribs perforated with
pitchforks, and the theodolites, supposed to
be contrivances OF the devil, smashed
The prejudice against speed was the great
est of all. The Quarterly Review" exclaimed:
Twelve miles an hour! AS we'll trust oneself
to be fired off on a rocket" And it said no
charter should be granted permitting a speed
Of more than eight or ten. When Stephen
son was applying for one, he would not admit
that his locomotive would exceed that.
One prominent member of Parliament de-
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to ask her to wait for me-" He
paused. There was still in his man
ner that hesitant constraint. "She
married a year later, so suppose it's
just as well ] said nothing. I came
very near it, though"
Yes"
after the last dance took her
home. There was a moon-there is
always a moon, isn't there? We
stopped at her gate to say good-by-
with the moon watching us. Present
ly / went away without saying what
/ wanted to-what 1 have been trying
to say for the last fortnight. I won
der what would be her answer"
What do you mean?" She had
found her voice at last, even though
it were no more than a broken muir
muir.
81 mean that I've been trying to ask
her to marry me-and I've been
afraid. What do you think she would
say if / did,"
And now it seemed that he held
both her hands, having secured them
in some manner incomprehensible;
but her head was held low, so that he
might not see her face.
"lt would depend" she breathed.
If told her that ! loved her-if
tell you so, and ask you to be my
wife, dear"
Abruptly she broke his hold upon
her hands and drew aWaV "But-
but the other girl?" she demanded.
"Ah, but the other girl was the
creature of your intuition. You in
sisted on her 1t was you who did
not come to my tea it was you to
whom / referred when l announced
our marriage. Dear, did tell the
truth?"
II became manifest that he had.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-03-26
An Artists
Model
BY Louis Joseph Vance
Copyright. BY Joseph B. Bowles)

Copyright, by Joseph r. Bowles)
Along the hallway, which was dark,
Mrs. Thorne faltered. painting. There
was barely enough light for her to
make out the boldly lettered name
upon Cartons door She tapped 1t
softly--the fluttering of birds wing
would have made hardly less noise.
Come in"
Before she realized it, the door was
swung open, letting a food of light
into the hall, and framing the figure
of Richard Carton, painter-a tall,
broad-chested man, built big and 1.-THE
ly, who stood upon his feet squarely,
with the bearing of self-confdence.
"Well?" Carton asked, looking
down at her coolly, curiously.
"Mr Carton?" she responded with a
question, to which he bowed ahirma-
ton. IL am Mrs. ThOrne."
The name of course meant nothing
to him; Carton saw only the slight,
almost willowy figure, clothed in shah
by black, and the soft pallor OF ner
face, framed largely in the mass OF
her hair, very dark and shot with
metallic tresses, Observation-Disclosures
browning glory as is most delightful
to paint But perhaps he saw only
the big, dark eyes, and read in them
their pleading message. At any rate
his manner became more kindly
"Oh, yes. Mrs. Thorne. You want
to pose? Won't you come in?" He
invited her to enter, courteously.
have been looking for good model
for some time. l think you will dc
splendidly."
She got into the room somehow
dumbly, in tumult of emotions-ol
relief, Strangely allied with some
chagrin, that he had not recognized
her; of modification because of pov
erty's Haunting signals in her attire
Well, it was bread for The Boy, al
least.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-03-26

It seemed as though he had placed
the siighteet emphasis on her name
In what way" she asked.
why, the time of this story is ten
years back. Now, what manner of
dress would a young girl have been
apt to wear at simple evening party
in those days?"
She considered can organdie, !
think" she announced.
Good! Have you such dress that
you could wear to pose in?"
T. Yes; but it would be 80 insult
able to me now"
What is It like?' He faced her,
again with that glowing gaze.
1T is an organdie-maize over
maize silk, with insertions Of Valen-
ciennes, with girdle and chou Of yell
low satin ribbon"
Indeed he asserted, with warmth,
Il should think you'd look very splen-
did in it, / know you would"
And late that night, while The Boy
slept, the little woman rose and went
to an old trunk, from whose depths
she drew that sole abiding relic of her
girlhood-the maize organdie. She
I donned it tenderly. standing before
the mirror. Surely it was not less
becoming than it had been in the old
days; surely it still suited her as 1t
had when she had worn it last, and
he had said What had he said?
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-03-26

911IL be the most comprehensive published in an
~ Kentucky cityVof this size and complete and re
liable every detail as those sold in Paducah and Henderson
for three times the price weiask. It will contain.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-03-26

Carton sat at ease before the can
vas. amazingly pleased and satisfied
with himself. Upon my word J" he
cried, its stunning-no less! Didn't
tell you that you would be fine in
the-the maize organdie? If l can do
as we'll tomorrow as l have on this
start to-day l shall be proud indeed!
/ do believe it will be worth exhibit
ing. And the thanks are to you, Mrs.
Thorne. You've been a perfect inspir-
alton to me-"
She had not looked upon the canvas
before; Carton did not like anyone to
do so without his invitation. But
now He had done a thing most
marvellous. The girl of long ago,
whom she had thought dead and bur
led, looked gladly out of the canvas,
dazzling, breathing reincarnation of
her gone righteousness. Abruptly it
seemed very cruel and heartless. She
turned away, but he did not notice.
Il shall exhibit it," he was saying,
land call it The Maize Organdie.' It
reminds me-"
"Ah!" Had she spoken? No, it had
been but the swift intake of her
breath.
ut reminds me of the night before
/ came here to study-long before
went to Paris. And yet it doesn'
seem so long; I've been so uncom
monty busy There was a dance il
the village, and girl there who wore
a dress just like that. danced will
her most of the evening-and though
my heart was breaking"
"Why?" Her voice was no NOR
than a whisper.
Because was going away an
leaving her; because IL thought
great deal of her. and was too poe
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-03-26

We are now the richest country in
the world, also the smartest. And we
never brag about 1t. either.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-03-26
Wholesale Prices.
GRAIN.

No. 2 Northern mixed oats, per
oushel. IS; No. Timothy hay, per
ton, $22. 90; No. 2 Timothy hay, per
ton, $4,000; No. Clover Hay, per
ton, $40. 90; Mixed Clover Hay and