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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-10-31
ciudad en- que Sc ha de jugar dicho

SAaAau III duC DC Lid uC JuSaI ulCuC
desaffo.
Los clubs continuaran jugando to-
| dos los dias de acuerdo con las fechas
autorizadas, hasta que uno de ellos
haya ganado cuatro juegos, dandose
entonces por terminada la contienda.
Ell club vencedor tendra derechc 4
|1otar Ia bandera del Champion del
Mundo durante Ell siguiente af1o de
Ia temporada y los jugadores sc les
permitira usar Ell recuerdo 6 bottom
hasta que les plazca.
El dinero que produzcan estos iue-
gos sera divid lido en- la forma ST
guiente:
Ell 10 por ciento de la entrada BRIT
ia sera pagado a la Comision Nacio-
nal.
Del 90 por ciento del balance de
los cuatro primeros juegos, Sc for
mara una pifIa para los jugadores de
los clubs y esta cantidad sera dividi-
da en- dos parties, correspondence el
rs por ciento los jugadores victo-
riosos y Ell IS por ciento los venci-
dos.
Deducido Ell o por 100 de la Co
mission y Ell 90 por 100 que cores
ponde los jugadores, Ell balance de
la entrada bruta sera dividido por
parties lguales entire ambos clubs.
La bandera y botones seran presen-
tados por la Comision al club victo-
|rioso y sus jugadores, y es la tinica
autorizada para arreglar Ia ceremo-
MIA de dicha presentaci6n.'
Con la victoria alcanzada por
lei "Chicago que va es la tercera,
ca 81 Sc puede asegurar que sera el
Champion del Mundo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-10-31
Ounce mil I11uert0S
EN- Russia
La poblaci6n despavorida

Nueva York, jueves. LAS victimas del te-
remote que ha causado enormes danos en- el
imperio russo, llegan ounce mil segun dicen
los despachos hoy recibidos.
En- San Petersburgo, Sc han desplomado
numerosas viviendas, sepultando entire los es-
Cornbros los habitaDteS.
La poblaci0n ha huido, hacia las afueras
bao la tempestad abandonando la Ciudad, des-
pavorida.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-10-31
Service Especial del Boleun mcrcanln
0ABLEGRAMAS.
Los soberanos en- peligro
Alarma en- San Petersburgo

Nueva York, jueves-El palacio imperial
ha sufrido grandes desperfectos, a consecuencia
de los tembores.
En- los primerOs mOmentOS Sc temio pOr la
vida del Gar que sc creia bajo los derrumba-
mientos
La alarma fue inusitada, pero quedo prom
amente desvanecida
La famlia imperial esta iesa.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-10-31
In tuberculosis
de Alfonso XIII
Es una affection leve

Nueva York, jueves-Don Alfonso Sc ha
sometidO al tratamiento de los especalistas in
gleses, despues de I'm detenido reconocimiento
del regio enfermo que permite asegurar que es
leve la Affection tuberculosis que padece.
seria.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-10-31
Horroros0S tembIore8
en- Russia
La tempestad hace extragos

Nueva York, jueves.-Los despachos reci-
bidos de San Petersburgo dicen que Sc ha SEN
lido en- una gran extension del territorio ruso
un horroroso temblor de terra acompanado de
una recia tormenta que ha producido danos IN
calculates.
FL fen6meno seismico ha sdo de una dura-
Cion extremada
Los detalles recibidos son constern adOres.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-10-31
Gales desaparecidas
EN- Moscow
Sepultados Ell los escombros

desplomados GALES enteras a COnseCuenCia de
la gran trepidacion de la TERRA que ha abier-
to enormes brechas en- las GALES.
Entire los escombros Sc supone que estaran
sepultadas miles de personals.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-10-31
Ia salida de Manila
Mr.. Taft para Russia y Alemania

Nueva York, jueves.-Los despachos de
Manila Comunican la salida de Mr.. Taft al que
le ha sido tributada una despedida atectuosisi-
ma.
Mr.. Taft Sc dirige Russia despues a
Berlin
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
To Cure BIushinu,

"a great many men blush" said a
physician; "some so painfully that they
come to me to be cured.
"The cure L recommend is an odd
one. 1t is the abandonment of over
heavy clothing, especially of wool
en- socks. Amazing it is how many
male blushers have a prediction for
thick socks of wool.
"But some blushers wear light
enough clothes. To them I can only
recommend a nerve treatment. I adj
wise them to make speeches at BAN
quets, to be witnesses in murder trials,
to go to teas and dances, to develop, in
short, the nerve as a wrestler develops
his muscle.
"Blushing is a difficult disorder to
cure. AS a rule it passes away of it.
self when the victim reaches his thirty
fifth year."-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
CYPRESS KNEES.
How They Are Formed-Trees' Curious
Blunt r Iots.

How They Are Formed-Trees' Curious
Blunt r ,ots.
The cypress knee Is a familiar object
in all the lowland forests of the south,
but there are thousands Of northern
people who have never seen them, and
there are many southern people, too,
who have not seen them till they
stumbled owe them some dark night.
The knee is Of solid wood, has no limbs
or leaves, Is anywhere from six inches
to six feet In height, and its rounded
top and flattened sides give it very
much the shape Of a human leg bent at
the knee till thigh and calf are brought
together; hence the appropriate name
Of knee"
For a number of years l was curious
as to what part the knees played In
the life Of a cypress tree, writes q cor
respondent of Forest and Stream, for
they are part of its root system and do
not grow independently. They were
not sprouts, trying to grow into trees,
for they never developed branches, and
the final conclusion was that their only
use was for people to stumble over.
How and why such useless appendages
to the tree were formed was a mys-
terry until one day when drifting down
q deep channel which had been washed
through a cypress swamp the secret
was exposed.
The earth had been washed away
from the roots of some of the trees,
and roots in all stages Of growth were
in sight. None of these roots vas less
than two and one-half inches thick and
Of uniform size clear to their tips or
rather clear to their blunt ends, for
there was no tip.
Nature intended these roots to grow
In soft mud, and they were all right
for that purpose, but when the blunt
end of a root encountered something
too hard to push through 1t bent or
buckled in the line Of least resistance,
and this was generally toward the top
of the ground, and the continuing
growth of the root pushing the bend
further upward made the bend closer,
until finally the two arms of the bend
were close together and they grew to-
gether, with one sheet of bark inclos-
ing both.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23

just large enough to admit the nozzles
Of the fire hose, and water is vigorous
ly pumped into the hold.
In one form of ~eXtinguishing ap-
paratus, instead of steam or water,
sulphurous fumes are injected into
the hold, the fumes being generated
in a machine specially fitted for that
purpose. This injection method is
highly effective and rarely fails if the
pipes are properly placed in each hold.
The steam or fumes are turned on
from the upper deck.
II a fire breaks out in the hold and
assumes such dimensions that steam
injection is powerless to check it, the
vessel is, when possible, got into shall
low water and, if necessary, beached.
In any case the sea cocks of the par
ticular hold are opened and the hold
allowed to fill with water. This can
usually be done with very little fear
Of the vessel laundering, as modern
built ships are divided into many COM
partments separated by strong water
tight bulkheads Of steel or iron. Such
is the buoyancy of q vessel so con-
structed that instances have been
known of a craft remaining a1oat with
only n or two of these compartments
dry.
If the burning hold is a very large
n and by flooding it with water
there is danger of the vessel founder
ing, the cargo in another hold is
thrown overheard or "jettisoned," as
it is called at sea, to counteract the
weight of water admitted into the first
hold. AS a last resource, the vessel,
If in dock or shallow water, is Scut-
tied by opening the sea cocks. This has
been done more than once in Tilbury
docks.
We seldom hear nowadays of fire
breaking out in the passengers QUAR-
terS on large liners. The introduction
of electric lighting on board ship has
no doubt cOnduced greatly to this i'm
proved state of matters. When a fire
does break out in the cabin, it is usu-
ally soon detected, for a constant
watch is kept by the officers and night
stewards, who make periodical tours
Of inspection during the nocturnal
hourS.-Pearson's Weekly.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23

The State Fair to be held at Lincoln,
Sept. %, gives promise Of being the
greatest State Fair ever held in Ne
braska. Secretary w. K. Mellor in
forms US that the exhibits in all de-
partments are very heavy, and promise
to exceed in magnitude those OF last
year, which was the record breaker
heretofore. The management have Sc
cured Chas. j. Strobel and his airship,
which are now making flights at the
jamestown Exposition, TO make daily
flights at our Fair. The stake races
have 12S horses named in them, as
against SO named last year, and this
feature Of the Fair is looked forward to
with great anticipation by the horse
lovers. Fully % per cent more swine
will be exhibited this year than last,
and all the live stock departments are
receiving an abundance OF entries. If
no more entries Of County Collective
Exhibits are received from now on,
Agricultural hall will have a finer
exhibit than ever before. Nebraska
has the best agricultural exhibit shown
at any Fair in the United States, and
such an exhibit is a credit to our state
and worth going miles to see. The I'M
plement section is even greater than
that of last year, and a farmer contemp-
latiug the purchase of a piece of mach
inery will secure the best of satisfaction
by comparing the different kinds of the
machine, all Of which will be
shown by experts, who can teach you
the points of superiority.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
He Hadn't Chanqed a Bit,

The Smiths had invited the minister
to dinner. AS the last course was
reached little Willie, who had been
closely watching the guest almost con.
tinually through the meal, looked ovel
at him once more and said:
you haven't changed a bit since
you started eating, have you, Mr.. Cur
tis?"
"Why, no." laughed the minister.
"Why do you ask that question:"
Because" blurted Willie, confused
by the pairs of eyes focused on him,
because 1 heard pa tell ma you'd make
a big hog of yourself as soon as you
got your eye on the corned beef and
cabbage."-Bohemian Magazine.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
Look on the poor with gentle eyes,
for in such habits often angels desire
tlms.-Massinger.
A Catch Question.

Of Bishop Short, who held the see Of
st. Asaph, many curious stories are
told. Occasionally he put questions to
candidates for ordination that appar-
nelly had no connection with the dis
charge of their parochial duties. They
tested probably their wit or tact, two
necessary qualifications to public men,
but nothing more. One such question
proposed by the bishop was the fol-
lowing: (Which has the greatest num-
Der of legs, a cat or no cat?"
AS might be expected, this created a
litter, but the bishop would not take a
laugh as the answer, and consequently
he repeated the question and desired
some n to solve the problem. At last
n of the candidates, smiling, said, 81
should think, my lord, a cat"
NO" retorted the bishop; "there you
are wrong, for a cat has four legs, and
no cat has five."-London Telegraph.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
STUDY YOUR HORSE.
If the Animal Has Mental Troubles.
Try to Remedy Them.

1T Ine Animal HaS MENTAL iToupleS,
Try to Remedy Them.
To begin with, does your horse suffer
from nostalgia or inconsistencies? Most
horses do, and many really pine away
and die from no other cause. We can
at least, by making the poor creature
thoroughly comfortable, do all in our
power to give his pain surcease" and
to make him happy and cOntented, for
than homesickness Of the acute and
chronic form men knows few more
wearing ailments. Is your horses dis
position sociable or m~isanthropic? You
don't know? Well, why not find out?
Does it irritate him to have his yoke
mate or neighbors eating noisily and
visibly while he does? Is privacy evil
IDENTIFY his preference? Very well, then,
by boards or zinc or tin or anyas shut
Off both sides of his stall at the head
so that he may eat in peace and live
the isolated life which he prefers.
If he lays back his ears or snaps at
his neighbors or fidgets and kicks at
the partitions, ETC., he does not fancy
c~ompany-at least at mealtimes-and
he will be better, do better and there
the pocket comes in) keep more cheaply
If you cater to his fancy. If, on the
contrary, a "shy FEEDER" let him see
others eat; even let him by a simple
arrangement feed from the same man.
ger as one of his neighbors, which is
to be tied up short until Master Dainty
has eaten all he will, when, upon al
lowing the neighbor to partake, the fas-
tidious one will redouble his efforts to
eat just to spite the late at the
feast. The writer has used this plan
with many poor feeders from race
horses down and always with the best
results.-F. NJ. Ware in Outing Maya
zinc
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
The Transformed Pythaaorean.

Some undergraduates once wished to
play a practical joke upon a man who
was a disciple of Pythagoras, so one
day when he was q little sleepy by
reason Of the amount of brandy and
soda that he had imbibed his friends
smeared him with honey and rolled
him in the inside Of a feather bed.
When the disciple Of Pythagoras got
up in the morning he looked in the
looking glass at himself and said slow
", with a whistle, Bird, by Joyew-
London Telegraph.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
lying.

1t was said of DR.. Johnson that he
always talked as though he were tax
ing an oath. He detested the habit of
lying or prevaricating in the slight
est degree and would not allow his
servants to say he was not at home if
he was. "a servants strict regard
for the truth" said he, must be weak
ened by such a practice. If 1 accus-
tom my servant to tell a lie for me,
have 1 not eason to apprehend that
he will tell it for himself?' A strict
adherence to truth the doctor consid-
cred as a sacred obligation, and in re-
lating the smallest anecdote he would
not allow himself the minutest addi-
ton to embellish his story.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
In THE SAME BOAT.
A Story of Samuel Warren and Mat
thew Davenport Hill.

A Story of Samuel Warren and Mat
thew Davenport Hill.
Sam Warren, the author of Ten
Thousand a Year" has been the sub
ject of many anecdotes. none of them
better than one which l first heard re-
lated about him by his friend, Matthew
Davenport Hill.
Looking in III day at Warren's
chambers, Hill noticed that he seemed
q little troubled. at is, )" said the law
yer-novellst, most unfortunate. l
ought to have dined tonight with the
lord chancellor, but Mrs. Warren IS
about to present me with another olive
branch. How can 1 leave her? l hope
his lordship won't be annoyed at my
putting him off" "Oh," returned Hill,
don't make yourself uneasy. 1 am
one Of the guests. 1 know him SO well
1 can put it all right for you" With
these words the visitor prepared to
leave the room.
At first profusely grateful, Warren
presently seemed a little perpleXed and
said: "By the bye, after all, 1 won't
trouble you to say anything about me
to the chancellor. Between ourselves,
1 have not been invited"
"Well," rejoined Hill, make yourself
comfortable on that point. For that
matter, neither have I."-Pall Mall Ga
zette.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23

membership in the Mollies was not
confined to the miners. Saloon keep
ers, backlog politicians and others were
in it. The society had lodges in va
rious parts of the state. The meetings
were secret, and there were passwords,
grips and other signs. Mcfarland join
ed the Mollies and became apparently
a saloon bum after he quit the mines.
He drank so much bad whisky that his
health failed and he came near dying.
All the time he was reporting daily to
his employers, the Pinkerton agency.
After two years as Il Molly the young
man had enough information. Many
arrests were made. Eleven men were
hanged on evidence discovered by Nc
Parland and forty were sent to the
penitentiary. That was the last of the
Mollies.
For several years MCFARLAND disap-
peared. 1t was given out that he was
dead. Another story was that he had
gone to the other side of the earth to
escape the vengeance of the MOllies.
MCFARLAND became manager of the
Pinkerton branch at Denver a number
of years ago. For years he worked on
the supposition that the many murders,
explosions, mine burnings and other
crimes in Colorado, Idaho and Utah
were instigated by men officially o N
nected with the Western Federation of
Miners. When Orchard was arrested
shortly after killing Ex-Governor Steun-
enberg of Idaho the veteran detective
had so much information already on
hand that it was not a very hard task
to get Orchards confession.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
JAMES M'PARLAND.
Veteran Detective, Who Secured Harry
Orchards Confession.

America has no detective more inter
esting than James Mcfarland, the
Plnkerton operator, who induced Harry
Orchard to make the astounding con-
fession of crimes in which he Impli-
Gated officials Of the Western Fedora
lion Of Miners. Mcfarland began his
career as a sleUth thirty-four years
ago, when as a young man of twenty
nine he went into the coal regions Of
Pennsylvania commissioned to discover
all that he could concerning the infa-
nous organization Of cutthroats known
as the Molly Maguires. For nearly
twenty years these criminals had been
numbering mine superintendent, pO-
licemen, constables and other men In
authority.
MCFARLAND at first became a coal
miner, but he soon discovered that
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
He Had Had Some Help.

The maj who applied at headquar-
tiers for a "little help" from the char
liable association set forth his case
with so much tact and moderation that
the secretary was beginning to be ia
vorably impressed.
81 can't ask them to do too much"
the applicant said modestly. "You
see," he continued, in an outburst of
delicacy and righteousness, "they
paid for my wedding last month, and
twas a real swell one.'-Youth's Com
DaniOn-
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
A CULTURED BASS.
Higher Education Was the Ruin OF
This Intelligent Fish.

tfhs heNh
BASS are intelligent little beasts.
That Is the reason they travel In
schools remarked Walter Dumping.
an authority on fishing and a candi-
date for the nature fakir class.
81 have frequently observed them
studying" he continued, whether 1t
was better taste to swallow a mlnnow
whole or on the installment plan. I
have seen them seek knowledge con-
corning rubber frogs and. having made
up their minds that 1t was a false
friend, go Off and warn their COM
rades.
"I have seen them studying weather
conditions, coming to the surface. gaz-
Ing intently at the sky. finding the d.
rection Of the wind and satisfying
themselves whether tomorrow would
be clear or rainy.
Cali real fishermen can vouch for
the statement that bass are fond Of
children. 1 have seen them eat up the
little ones.
BASS are natural defenders Of the
home life, and when a carp or catfish
comes browsing around to devour the
eggs the female had laid the male will
attack the intruder by swimming un
der the enemy and slashing him with
the sharp dorsal spine.
81 Once knew a bass so intelligent
that 1t refused to bite on the ordinary
bait and was only caught after a page
from an encyclopedia had been tied
to the hook. Higher education was his
nish."-Philadelphia North American.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
Story of 2 Creek Saint.

A member of the Royal Geographical
society gives this little story of a
Greek saint: "Our good st. Blazios
gave us the phrase drunk as Blazes,'
for this saint was pleasantly done to
death by having his flesh torn off by
wool combs, and so he became the pa
tron of the English wool combers, and
as a high feast was kept up on his day
and the people who ~frequented the
feast were called Blazers so the saying
grew into the English tongue and re-
mains there fixed and useful"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
FIRE FIGHTING At SEA
Methods of Extinguishing Flames
on Board Ships.
RIGID DISCIPLINE THE RULE.
When the Alarm Is Sounded Every
Member of the Crew Has His Station
and Carries Out the Particular Duty
lntrusted to Him.

Entrusted to Him.
OF all disasters that can befall a
ship none Is more dreaded by the
mariner than a fire at Sea. Indeed, the
annals Of Lloyd's record few greater
ocean tragedies and, be it said, DO
more conspicuous instances of gal
lantry and heroic effort than those con
nected with ships afre.
No wonder, then, in view Of the
dreadful possibilities of an outbreak
of fire OH board, that a thorough knoWl-
edge Of the proper steps to be taken
in eXtinguishing the flames at the out
set or at least holding them in check
is expected Of every officer from the
captain downward.
Most vessels are nowadays fitted
with hydrants, several on each deck,
and in the case Of large liners hose
is kept in handy places, ready to be
attached to the hydrants at a mo-
ment'S notice. Moreover, every large
passenger boat carries a number Of
portable eXtinguishers which can be
strapped on a mans back. The spray
from these is, Of course, thin, but very
effective in subduing small outbreaks
where the fire has not secured too firm
a hold.
Fire drill forms a weekly feature in
the routine on every cea liner. Ev-
cry member of the crew literally, from
captain to cabin boy, has his fire
station allotted to him, at which.
when the signal is given, he takes his
position and carries out the particular
duty intrusted to him.
When an actual outbreak u the
fire alarm is if possible avoided, so as
to prevent panic among the passengers.
Word is passed quietly around, the pas
sengers being kept in ignorance as
long as possible. In fact, more than
one fire at sea has been eXtinguiShed
without any suspicion on the part of
the passengers that the outbreak was
other than an imaginary II engineer
ed by the officers to give the passengers
q chance Of seeing what could be done
in the event Of the real thing occurring.
In many cases, of course, the passen-
SSIS hdNC W NC LlSh, buI lLC news
is always broken as lightly as possible,
and some special entertainments con-
cert, a dance, theatricalS, and so on-is
got up to allay any natural feeling of
nervous anxiety OF cours if the fire
shows signs of becoming unmanage-
able the boats are got ready and swung
out in case it appears necessary to
abandon the ship.
Every boat on large liners is kept
fully provisioned, food sufficient for
several days being contained in air and
water tight tanks.
The worst fires at sea are those
which cannot easily be got at. These
usually occur amid the cargo in the
lower holds and are often spontaneous
in their origin. In such cases it is
highly dangerous to open the matches.
The fire, which may have been smol-
dering for days, will naturally burst
into q blaze as soon as the air is adj
mitted.
The proper course is to exclude the
air In every possible way; consequently
even the ventilators are stopped up.
If the holds are fitted with steam
pipes, the steam is at once turned on;
otherwise holes are cut -in-the- deck,
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
Pain of a Wooden Leo.

"Barney's wooden leg has been pain
ing i'm of late" said Scholes to his
wife.
"How can that be-" asked Mrs.
Scholes irritably.
"Mrs. Barney has been thrashing i'm
with It," was the explanation.