davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15

--1es II. ere near enough l. shoot, the
-Zr~ Bz-aka -Thev know that YOU
haze geo. ..--.-. and VIII not -1sk their lives.
-le- VII IS here 70 srarve. that Is y hat they
--r -7 -.-- portion and We shall die L VIII
fe aasv- t-- IS water and when We are hungry
The --s-..- knew he people among whom he
sss ra-le-.- and 6li not marvel a. the Eirl
g-s- tone .-- Z chilled his blood, Tor he under
s-5o5 thar vas II earnest. and moreover she
knew lie and that there was no way out
You sa-- that had brought YOU here 70 die.
s1e slE ------. but did not know Il. therefore
mus lose --- lie also. L IS ny portion God be
H vas med by her courage. fg- he loved life
VEL z-5 e. - his head down and SAID nothing
Is Ii --1---. - what was 70 come He knew that
WIN -l5--- good water man may 1--we t1r weeks
-E--r- --z-'. Ba-aka SAID d-ea--i-v- ID You
a-e not as -g1u cannot i've 50 long without
The --z .-5e-e5 i she was right. but he
81 ------
1--we - ---- with the treasure continued
Bz-zkz -.--E have loved me 11- i because
vCu would ---- the greatest man II the world
through --. --- -.E because we must die YOU
tz-e-e --..---.-t 1 vec Do not Kill me. You
VIE lie when ro- are dead shall kiss YOU
r-z-r die also L VIII be very easy 1
The -- .-.-e still and looked at the dark
g-az- b. FL. Z the pool where the water had
ve- # -.- Hing boulder outside had sent II
E--.e wave. .a-5 see Il distinctly again there
Ta5 E=- .-- time
S- The. sa- with bent head. gazing at the
s5se HIS hands We're quite dry now.
s1- -e ---.-eL The c--E--E moisture from
Il me men would have been thinking,
q E--- & thar I starving was 700 hard %
tea- -----t shorten their s---e-ln-s II t1e
e-l t1- .- was very full IF lie and the love
G. --. --- he lived ne would hope
t. r-z-= very quiet From f4- above slight
l-at- - descended warm from The rocks that
h beer ..-- a 5av IN the sun But there was
-r--- when I3a-= Eza moved Il little
Present 5-- -o- move any more. and when
T. he saw that she was c-l--ed up
O. --= s.- .s-e-- women lie when they sleep.
s1- her --- IN her hand. for her garment
Fzs d. .-E She was L-1wsv after the walk
an The had made Besides. since there
" 81. death and as the man did not
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15

love her she might as well sleep # she could He knew
those people and understood; and he did not care,
or perhaps also was glad. He was man who could
have only one thought at time hen he had lett
the house of Baraka father he had been thinking
only Of the rubeS, but that he was n danger OF
his life he could think only Of saving It if there
any way. 4 woman could never be anything but
toy TO him, and he could not play with toys while
death was looking over his shoulder. He was either
too big tor that or too little every man VIII decide
which Il was according to his own measure. But
Ba-aka. who had not been taught 10 think Of her
soul nor TO fear death went quietly To sleep, now
that she quite sure that the traveller would not
He had been certain Of the distance between his
feet and the waters edge as he sat. It had been
ward at the most. But now II more. he was
sure that It was yard and half at the least He
rubbed his eyes and looked hard At the dark belt
of wet sand and Il twice wide as It had been
The water was still running out somewhere: but It
was longer running IN and II an hour or two the
pool would he dry
The traveller was an engineer. and understood
sooner than an ordinary could have done that
his enemies had Intentionally stopped up the water
entrance through which he had come, both TO
make his escape impossible, and 70 hasten his end
by deriving him OF water he fallen boulder alone
could not have kept out the overflow of the spring
e-7ectI1allv. They must have shoyeed down masses
OF earth with the plants that grew N II abundant
and filed It with tWIuIng thTeadENe roots, and
must have skIlfullV forced quantities OF the
stuff into the openings all round the big stone,
making a regular dam against the spring which
would soon down II the opposite direction
They knew of course that Baraka had led HIM 10
the place and had gone with him for she had lett
all her outer garments outside. and they meant
that she should die also with her secret In week,
fortnight ora month they EFoua come ana '-S '-lS
away the dam and ry the boulder aside, and could
get IT and find the white bones Of the two on the
sand after the vultures had picked them clean, ana
they would take the traveller good revolver and ms
money.
He thought Of all these things as he sat there IN
the dim light. and watched the slow recedrg OF the
m 1l- and listened to the girls soft and regular
17-ae-ri-5 There was no death n her dream, as
she slept away the last hours Of the night, though
there might not be many more nights I2r her. ne
nd he- breathe. but he did heed her. for the
water was sinking before king away into the
f now hat 1t was no longer fed from the opening
He sat rnotiorless- but hls thoughts ran I1tSly
rom hone to DESPAIR and back again to hope The
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water was going down beyond question Ii it
merely draining itself through the and to some sub
terranean channel. he was lost but II It was flowing
away through any passage like the one by which
he had entered there was still chance of escape
a very small chance. When death is the gate the
tInest lOOphOle looks wide enough crawl through
The surface Of the pool subsiied. but there was
no loophole and so the traveller watched. Hope
sank IN his heart, the the hollow of the
sand. but Baraka slept on peacefully, curIed up on
her side like little wild animal When the pool
almost dry the traveller crept down to the edge
and drank his fill that he might begin thirst
sooner than need be, and Just then day daWnet
suddenly. as 1t IN the far north and the warm
darkness gave way TO a cold light IN a few moments
stretched herself the sand md then sat up and
when she saw what the traveller was doing she also
went and drank as much as she could swallow for she
had understood why he was drinking as soon as she
saw the pool was nearly dry. When she could drink
no more she looked up at the rocks high overhead,
which were already white ana red and yellow the
light Of the risen sun for in that country there IS
no long time between dark night and broad day
Baraka sat down again. on the spot where she had
slept, but she said nothing The man was irving
10 dig little hole N the wet sand with ms hands,
bevOnd the water that still LETT for perhaps he
thought that if he could make PIT on one side some
water would stav in It. but the sand ran together
as soon as he moved It, and presently. as ne bent
over ht felt that he sinking into It himself and
understood that Il a sort OF quChSand that
would suck him down. He therefore threw himself
fiat his back. stretching out his arms ana legs,
and. making movements as II he was swimming. he
worked his way from the dangerous place till he
was safe on the firm. white beach again. He sat up
then and bent his head till his forehead pressed on
his hands and shut his eyes to keep out the hight OF
dav He had not slept as Baraka had; but he was
not sleepy-perhaps he would not be able to sleep
again before the end came
Baraka watched him quietly for she understood
that he despaired of life and she wondered what he
would do: and besides he seemed TO her the most
beautiful the world, and she loved h1rn, and
was going to die with him. 1t comforted her to
think that no other woman could get him now. 1t
was almost worth while to die for that alone, for
she could not have borne that another woman should
have him since he despised her, and II It had come
to pass she would have tried to Kill that other
But there was no danger Of such q thing now, he
would die first and she would kiss him many times
C5n-rag1 517e
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15

.b;r7L- they must either take the cats along
,-f7-r7 -1.< return to the city where they would
h. = trouble and an cuCumbranCe, or leave
them in the country, houseless and homeless.
These people have no ingenuity, no hEthLt'A
no wisdom. or II would occur To them 10 DO as
| do rent cats by the month Tor the summer
and return them 70 their good homes a. li-e
end Of IL Early last May / rented klliei4
81 = farmers wife. by the month. then got
=, discount by taking three They have been
,5,o5 c0r17rEarx for about five months now,
and are still kittens at least they nave II''
grown much and % all nteutS ana purposes
are still kittens, and as full OF rompn- eneTS.
and enthusiasm as they were IN the beginning T.
This IS remarkable. ! am an expert III cats
f,-+ I have not seen q kitten keep It's kitten
hood nearly So long before
THESE are beautiful creatures these tTlPtl'.
l. Two Of hem wear the blaC<est and 81 hiillest
.4 +l-,.Ie~r Of eealskIn Vestments all over
-t I,.li..- except the lower half Of their ia.ea
- the. examinations of their paws Inc
Ill masks reach down below the eyes there
60. 1-i74r7 the ewes are closed they are not FI7l-
- Tho rest of the face. and the gloves ana
-,+7as are snow white. Ihese mari lH&s are J-'7o
INC on both cats.-so exactly the Same lI-1I
Won, call one the other Is likely 10 answer
. -, cannot tell each other apart Since lie
-. ,,-eriseIv alike. and can be toli apart 10y
~ ~ they do not need two names So nc
. 80 t..+v,eeu them We call both ~ tIleii
I..b md we call the gra" one Ashes. Den. 80
- never seen such intelligent cats as THESE o'
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8. .-= pretending ag0nies IF soheI-ude
--- 1--- honestly feel Sour Mash never gave
81 yea a-Ue-E. she was always able 10 take
: u L--z,- and She was ostertatIo1tsIE valu II
s-- NJ a. u q degree v hIch often made ne
80 l- -'- much as ! esteemed her
''I would like - have the society ~
--[' -1e summer vacation III the country
49, --- --e-se es Tins pleasure because they
I-...--. a. s-..r- Reserved
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New-York tribune., 1908-03-15

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-29
San Juan, Puerto Rico LINES 90 de JUNO de 1908

la nota-se VIC. despues de la
reaCcion en- los preCios, que ha-
bia habidO meJOria fuera de la
Bolsa. Esta mejOria Sc ha ma
nifestado. en- la semana pasada,
en- algunoS ramos industriales y
en- Ell aspecto de las cosechas.
Segun el informe mensual del
ministerio de Agriculture, pu =
blicado, la COsecha de trigo de
invierno promote ser la mejor
despues de aquella del ano 1901,
que bati0 el record la situaCi6n
del trigo de primavera no ha
sidO igualada. en- esta epoCa del
ano, mas que dos veces, en- la
Ultima decada; Y la cosecha de
avena que ha sido I'm fracaso el
ano pasado, se anuncia como la
mayor conOCida tSe realizaran
tOdas estaS prOmesas2 Es prom
to vaticinar sobre seguro y al
gunOs meses han de pasar an
tes de que est6n fuera aun de
peligro el trigo Y el maiz de
primavera; pero todaS las indi-
caClOneS son, como Sc We, favO-
rabies Y Vienen cuandO la pOCa
existenCia de grano, debida a
que en- tOdO el mundo las Cose
Chas fuerOn cOrtas Ell ano pasa-
do, Rarantlza preClOS remunera-
dOreS.
Si las prOmesas Sc realizan, el
agente agriCOla, que es uno de
los mas poderosos en- la vida in
dustrial. ayudara al restableci -
mientO tinancierO, como ha ayu.
dadO en- Otras OCasiOnes. PerO,
aun con sOberbias COsechas, no
Sc recupera en- un dia la poten-
Cia cOnsumidora de un pals; Y,
pOr este, ST eS TN buen sintOma
el que Sc note mayor actividad
merCantii en- el Oeste Central V
.el que algunas fabricas vuelvan
a tomar los Obreros que despi :
dieron meses atras, hay indus
trlas que han de tardar bastante
en- salir d e marasmo; entire
elias, la del aCero y la ferrovia -
ria. A ambas le vendra muy
blen ell estimulante de una gran
cOsecha.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-29
DESDE WASHINGTON

III k0l AiA0 & pa bAACdnOs ddA Ia
algo- SO6re tOdo algo que no lie
costase por hacernos olvidar
que eXiste depression economical,
porQue sabc que esta mOvera a
muchos electores q Votar con la
oposici6u demOcratica La de
preston cZistc. pero se puede
tcneT por SECURE que, 81 las CO
sas dc la agriculture Y dc la pO
Utica maTohan blen. Sc vOlvera
dentIo dc algunOs meSes, a una
situaci6n normal
Esta es la conclusion a que
ha llcgado. desDues dc formar
IN expediente con recortes de
articulos dc peri6dicos v De re
Vlstas. CON uuas Cuantas ClfTaS
y con las Opiniones de peritos
cstima bies = cOnCienzudos. A
tines DE Abril COmenZ0 en- la
Bolsa de Nueva York un alza
violenta " prolOngada V enton-
Ces Sc dilo que aquel movimien-
20 no era retleIo dc una meJOria.
puesto que NADIA Ia bia meloTa-
do. Los ingresos de los ferrO
Carriles lban en- descenso. la in
duStria algodOneTa habia aCOr b
tado su production: el "trus
del acero habia ganado en- los
tres primeros. meses del ano
an So pOT cicntO menOs que en-
igual perio1o de ano anterior
etc, etc.
yPor que Sc entusiasmaba la
Bolsa2 Esta unas veces. retle
IA pero otras. protetiza y los
opumistas despues de consig
mario asi. seualaban el hecho de
que. en- Abul el capital asi
el americana como el euTOpeO
habia tornado el emprestito
de 90 (cuareuta) millones de
pesos, emltIdos pOr el terroca
rrll dc Pennsylvania, prueba de
que 10 estaba quebrantada la
conhanza en- el porvenir eCOn0-
micO proxlmo de este pals. Ad-
mitidO. perO no Sc pierda de
vista que ese papel es el melOT
que se puede pOncr en- el mer-
CadO. es. como st dice aqui, de
los que tIeuen "CantO dorado. "
Tam bien se aleg0 entOnces.
que el dineTO estaba "facll pc
TO ESQ NO demOstTaba que Sc es-
zaba subiendo la cuesta, sinO que
era un ctecto de la hquidaci6n
del panIco mas 'facil' habia es-
tadO el dinero en 1894. este IS
en- I'll primer duO pOsterior a un
panico. y Cuando adn los negO
clos no habian vuelto 4 la nor
malidad
Y. asi prcvaieci6 la creencia
de que. la subida dc Abril. dc
70 a 20 puntos. y con OperaciO-
mes vastisimas. era premature y
sc debia. cd mucha parte, ANA
niobras De especuiadores; Green
cia que Sc vigorizo cuando, ha-
cia fines de Mayo. en- tres dias
Ia baja anul0. en- fuerte medida,
el alZa habida en- las tres sema-
mas anteriores. Pero-como su
cede, con frecuencia. despues dc
uno de estOs mOvimientOs as
censionales en- que Sc exajera
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-29
Numero 153
brar Paris de bonn bas de dina

brar Paris de bonn bas de dina
mita.
Como Sc pusieron las sufra-
gHetteS! La plaza de Clichy fue
|por espacio de dos horas I'm
verdadero campo de batalla, las
SWfraeuettes ocupaban posicio-
mes inexpgnables y las huestes
de Mr.. LIE inc resultaban impo-
tentes para reducfr a la ODE
dienCia a las ardororas defenso-
ras de las libertades femeninas.
De veZ en- cuando una tia To-
ca y desgrenada subiase encima
de una silla Y COmenZaba a ma
notear. Inmediatamente los Gu.
riosos la rodeaban y la oradora
discurseaba haSta enronquecer,
a G ad por tempestades de
Iaplausos.
Apenas oiamos 10 que decia Y
solo llegaban de vez en- cuando
hasta nuestros oidos algunos fl
males sonoros de parrafos que
querian ser contundentes, como
la nueva aurora que para la
mujer alumbra", 6 la igualdad
de los d er chos antes las
leyes republicanas" sin olvidar
aquello de que "la mujer no
puede continuar siendo la escla-
va sumisa", nj 10 de que "el
hOgar modernO debe asentarse
sobre bases igualitarias" Dios
mio! tDonde habran aprendido
las "sufraguetes" estas cosas?
I de repente lleg0 I'm formi-
dable pelot0n de municipales
que, sin respetar las s7crosan-
tas libertadeS, eCharon los caba
Hos enCima de las manifestan-
tes. ... HuDo un instante de pa
nico 49,. l. "sufraguettes
dando chillidos, dispersaronse
en- todas direcCiones, recogidas
las faldas mas de 10 convenien-
te y acompanadas por las risas
de todo 81 mundo. ....
iHasta los municipales Sc
reian de buena CANA!
Pobre Mile Laloe D.. Duran
te un dia entero ha sido la gran
6gura consagrada por la actua-
lidad parisiense; su nombre fl
| gurara en- tOdas las revistas de
los bulevares; los cancioneros
la haran "couplets" ingeniosos
Y su nombre pasara a la posteri-
dad Ella nos ha proporcio-
nado unas cuantas horas alegres
en- este domingo aburrido de
lucha electCral...
~ no creais que ha hecho ell
ridiculo, no. Mile. Lal6e ha te-
nido una votaci0n nutridisima
cerca de mil votos. ... Puede
asegurarse que estos votos son
los unicos sinCeros. 49,.
Paris hubiera visto con ale
gria a Mile. Lal0e triunfante EN-
las elecciones, porque aqui nos
perecemos por 10 original, Y
luna mujer "concejala" no es un
espectaculo que Sc nos ofrezca
todos los dias. Yo he hablado
con un senor que habia lido
muy EN- serio a votar a Mile
Laloe, y me decia convencidfsi-
mo:
-Creame usted ... En- el
Ayuntamiento A esta hacienda
mucha falta una mujer 49,.
Aunque no sea mas que para
encargarla del servicio de lin
pieza 80.
.EOs6 Juan C0de00S
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-29
POUQCi6n dICid dc ClIClQO

Seg1n calculos hechos hace pocos
dfas por la comision encargada del
censo escolar, la pobla ci6n de Chica-
go es, pr6ximamente, de 2.I4o.ooo
ha bitantes.
Cuando Sc hizo ell tiltimo ceuso es-
collar, Ell 1904, era de I.7I4I44.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-29
ANO TO.
A los SEcrIDIOrcS Y AgoDtcS

Para Ia buena uarrha de esta Admins
frael6n, uo adm,timos ATLAS de suscrlptO-
res cate diano si0O des1e ~ l. de cads
mes Ias BAJAs se aYisaran los iias 80 q
81; edyieTtikndose qUe las que Sc deTen con
postenorAaA uo ~ t0maran en- cuenta nj
surtirhn efecfo en Ia o0niabilidad haSta el
diA hlum0 at mes agulrnte al cn que Sc
solieiien.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-29

go. 2o-Volcan de I2o cChetes. 81
Doce cohetes de Bomba. 22- Buenas
noches. Luces de Bengala, Torbe-
limos, Buscapies.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-29

l. a Y y N \ T. a l. A
Ell pueblo de Paris acaba de
elegir su Municipio, y hasta las
dos de la mafiana nos hemos
estado en- medic de los buleva-
res contemplando los retratos
luminosos de los nuevos ediles,
que reaejaban los peri6dicos en-
sus transparentes.
Son curiosisimas las costum-
bres electorales de cada capital.
Aqui los candidates Sc dirigen
a sus eleCtores pOr medic de
grandes Carteles, donde exponen
sus prop6sitos de regeneration
municipal. Las primeras alo-
Cuclones suelen ser COrreCtas Y
hasta literarias. Despues, cuan-
do la lucha comienza a enconar-
Sc, los candidates publican nue.
vos bandos, donde Sc insultan
los unos a los otros, descu brien~
dose las historias feas que sc les
atrlbuyen, y asi no nos sorpren-
de salir a la calle Y yer en- todas
las esquinas unos carteles de CO.
lores chillones con unas letras
muy grandes, que dicen: /C0-
chino! Es un candidate que
insulta a su rival Y le pone en-
evidenCia delante de los eleCtO-
res del distrito.
Dos horas mas tarde Ell Calu-
miado hace fjar otros carteles
contestando q 81 contrincante
que comienzan diciendo: En-
i bHster0!
Del contenido de todos estos
carteles el observador impartial
SAGA en- ConseCuencia que la
mayor parte de los ediles han
cometido todo genero de delitos,
han malversado los fondOs del
erario municipal. han vendid0
sus votos, Sc han aprovechado
de las concesiones mas saneadas
Y han salidO ricOs del Hotel de
Vile, a pesar de haber entrado
en- la Casa del pueblo sin dos
pesetas.
va supondreis la indignation
con que unos Y Otros leen los
piropos electorales.,.. Pero la Co
sa no pasa de ahi.... Los insulta
dos adoptan un continente dig
no Y severe Y Sc limitan a decir
que llevaran d los Tribunales al
calumiador :. Sin embargo, co
mo todos tienen interes en- ca
liar, pasadas las eleCciones sc
CORE IN tupido velo sobre estas
pequenas incidencias Y no Sc
vuelve q hablar una palabra del
aSuntO.
Las elecciOnes munlclpales
Sc han vlsto esta veZ animadas
por I'm intermedio comico que
nos ha regocijado grandemente.
Ell intermedio corrio a cargo de
las sufraguettes parisinas. que
decidieron hacer campala de
accion feminista y presentaron
una candidate 4 la concejalia.
Para clio designaron a Mile.
Laloe, una rubia bastante boni-
ia, no tonta del todo y que tiene
cierta facilidad de palabra. Ma
demoiselle Laloe aspiraba, como
Ell seflor Saedalio de Los desca
misados, a ocupar un sill0n er
ell Ayuntamiento, y tan en- seric
habia tornado la cosa, que a
entrarse de que no 1ban a fgu-
rar en- las listas los votos que
obtuviera estallo en- santa in
dignaci6n y amenaz6 con sem
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-29

Ell MORO, como sefial para izar la
bandera nacional en- todos los edit
clos p1blicos y casas particulares.
2.-Comision de Parada: Col. Z.
II. Wilson. Gran Marshal; Commodo-
re Karl Rober, Capt. M. Moore,
Col. T. Hamill, Capt. c. B. Taylor.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-29
JULIO ;.

La celebration empezara con un
gran bale en el TeatrO Municipal, ell
dc Julio las 9 de la noche, para ell
cual sc expediran invitaciones espe-
clales que deben ser presentadas en-
La puerta
Los PalcOs para ell bale Sc vende-
ran al precio de tres dollars cada uno.
Los inyitados que deseen adquirirlos
deberan dirigir su peticion al Bazaar
del sefior Giusti.
Habra carros especiales despues
del bale. Doble pasaje despu6s de
media noche.
Comisi6n de bale: w. K. Landis.
Presidente; Pedro J PARA, ] r. No
bic, A M Lyone, Gabriel Guerra
Comisi6n de reception: G.. c.
Ward, Tulio Larrinaga Goyco, Manuel
Palacios Zalazar, Juan de Guzman
Benitez, Manuel Sanchez Morales.
Comisi0n encargada del salon: Ma.
nuel Camufias, w. K. Bennett, B.
Behn, DR.. K del Valle, Jose de Guz-
man Benitez.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-29
PrOgrana OiciiaI
Para la ceIcbraCi6n del de Julio en-
San Juan. p. r.. 1908.
4. 4. n.

Comisi6n Ejecutiva: S. c. Both
well, presidente; w. X. Landis, Col.
X. Ii. Wilson, A. b. Crosas, G. c..
Ward, DR. r. del Vale. Ramon Fal-
con, DR.. F. del Vale, J. Hernandez
Lopez.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-29
JULIO q.

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