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The National tribune., 1908-04-23
By SENORA SARA.

Black tea as o basis for hair tonic is
successful in many cases. The formula
is: Two ounces of bay rum. two ounces
of glycerine, two ounces of alcohol, 10
ounces of infusion of black tea. Mix
and perfume to suit. The tea infusion
should be made very strong, say, an
ounce of tea to 10 or IL ounces of boil
ing water. Let it steep for 20 minutes,
then stand till cool; strain and add the
other ingredients. Apply with a soft
sponge to the roots of the hair. 1t will
darken blonde hair.
The yellow color of piano keys is often
due to grease absorbed from the fingers
of the player, or it may arise from the
piano being in dark place or being
generally closed. Inferior qualities of
ivory do not retain their whiteness
without precautions Good ivory keys
having a liberal exposure to the light
ought to retain their whiteness for many
years. Ivory is bleached by exposure
to sunlight for periods varying from
four weeks to six months, or by INNER
sion in turpentine near the surface and
exposure to the sun for three or four
days.
Both carbolic acid and salicylic acid
are obtained from coal tar; salicylic acid
may be prepared from carbolic acid.
Sydney Smiths recipe for cheerful
ness is not to have one motive only in
the day for living, but a number of
little motives. man who from the
time he rises till bedtime conducts him
self like gentleman, who throws some
little condescension into his manner to
interiors, and who is always contriving
to soften the distance between himself
and the poor and ignorant, is always
improving his animal spirits and adding
to his happiness.
Milk should never be left in, the sick
room or amid unhealthy odors.
Honey is said to be a good vehicle
for the administration. of quinine, to
children and others to whom the flavor
of this drug is very nauseous. 4~' 20 E
The National tribune., 1908-04-23

STUCKEY.-At his home in Des
Moines, Iowa. Comrade ]. J. Stuckey,
at the age of 62. Comrade Stuckey en-
listed in the 14th Ill.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-10-14
liqhtninq Strokes.

Fire insurance men estimate that 40
percent of barn fires are due to light
ming, 10 to Is percent to carelessenss,
to 12 percent to overheated flue, the
balance TO other causes, including in
cendiarism. According to the report
of the weather bureau of the Depart.
ment of Agriculture for 1900. the ia
tai number of strokes of lightning
in 1899 which caused damage wal
5527, the number of buildings injured
6256, value of property lost s3,016,52O
number of deaths by lightning 563,
number of persons injured 800, mum
Der Of live stock killed in the field
4251.
Tall chimneys emitting smoke that
carries moisture with 1t are more of
ten struck than other objects, barns
containing hay that gives off moisture
by evaporation. and porous tree barks
are frequently struck. For the same
reason icehouses are more attractive
to lightning than other storehouses.
Suburban Life.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-10-14
A FACE.

Threescore years and ten immortal soul
had wrought
Upon a mortal face
With implements too delicate for human
eye
And deathless patience only master spir-
its know.
When rainbows arched the sky or deep
the shadows fell,
The tireless soul etched on
In faint or bolder strokes that grace and
humor blent
with stronger lines deep-cut by firm,
courageous viii.
With alteration deep and faith the spirit
wrought,
With hope and love whose touch
Such high transfiguration brings that half
An angels hand its fair illumination lent.
And oft the soul did use the sharpened
points of pain
To tone the curves of Joy,
Or tender lines of pity drew whose soft
ness gave
The warmth of shadows blue Ger noun
tains cold and gray
And reverent wonder left Its tracery of
awe
Upon the mobile face,
Where shone the rapture light Of holy
vigils kept
Against the evil powers that pitch their
camps within.
So wrought the yearnlng soul with pow
ers invisible,
With aspiration high,
With purity and truth, until its master
Was done and mete for judgment halls OF
life and death.
oh, soul Of mine! when behold how VIC
tory crowns
A face with glory's ray,
Shall not my very pulses cry, oh, soul
Repeat in me this radiant miracle In clay!
Ellen Burns Sherman, in Appleton's
Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-10-14
WHIPPING POST AND STOCKS.
Stood In Raleigh Until the End of the
Civil War.

Up until the end of the war and q
little while after the whipping post
and stocks stood not far from the
northwest corner of the courthouse
and between that building and the
present postoffice, and there the last
whipping took place, though as it be-
gan it was sought to be stopped by a
federal officer. The sheriff was, how
ever, simply carrying out the mandate
of the old court of pleas and quarter
sessions.
In those days the stocks and the
whipping post, too, were special at
fractions, notably to boys. The latter
were allowed to ridicule people who
sat in the stocks, which held their
hands and their feet, but not to throw
anything at them.
OF course this deprived the boys of
some degree of pleasure, yet they con-
trived to get a good deal of fun out of
the thing anyway. 1t seems odd now
even to think of such scenes as these
must have been. Figure to yourself,
passing by the courthouse green at
Charlotte or Raleigh and seeing gen.
tleman held by the ankles and wrists
by wooden bars, sitting there in the
sunshine for all the world to look at.
Those were the days of the brand
ing iron, too. A set of gives of iron,
in use for holding the ankles or
wrists, are on exhibition here, but Of
branding irons there are none. These
were used here in January, 1865, for
the last time.-Raleigh Cor. Charlotte
Observer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-10-14

you hear dat?" She was talking rug
the benefit of the neighbors now.
"She no go back till she get ready,
you hear dat, 'gain?" she repeated In
a rising voice. Il got no more time
t talk t you, now. You go way from
here" And she turned her back on
the young woman.
The truant officer hadn't played her
trump card, yet-the trump card that
had kept many Marys In school.
You understand, suppose" she
said in calm voice, that for each
day over three days absence without
cause other than illness your husband
will be fined $1?"
The woman wheeled around. my
man, 1t cost him one dollar de day?"
she exclaimed excitedly.
YES" said the officer; that Is the
law"
Sure, dat's right" arlirmed a neigh
Dor. "Dey mex my man pay two dol
lar out wen he keep my Olaf t help
him five day wunst."
Mrs. Platek sunk down on the steps,
all her bravado gone. "One dollar de
day Mary, she come back t. de
school t'morrow; sure, she come. l go
after her t'night. She no want t.
come; she hev good time, but beat
her; mex her come. One dollar de
day! One dollar de day! mex her
come, all ride!"-Chicago News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-10-14
SPORTING BREVITIES.

The Dixie II. won the International
Cup for motor boats.
Arrests of bookmakers were made
at the Gravesend race track.
c. NJ. Daniels won the mile A. A. U.
swimming championship at Sleeps
head Bay.
Fair Play was defeated by Angelus
in the Oriental Handicap at the
Gravesend track.
The chances are slim for Arthur
Brides, Yale's all-around football
star, wearing a uniform this season.
Members of the Manhasset Bay
Yacht Club will build new one de-
sign class for use during the season
of 1909.
Invader, 2:10, and Tempus Fugit,
2:07k, met for the first time In
brushes on the New York City Speed
way. the former winning.
Ruth Dillon won the $4,000 Hos
ter-CClumbus Stake ior trotters at the
Columbus Grand Circuit meeting,
gaining record of 2:061a.
Harvey S, Ladew's road four-in-
hand won from the entries OF Ciar-
ence II. Mackay and Herbert l.. Pratt
at the Mineola Horse Show.
At the eighty-first games of the
New York A. c., ]. ]. Eller, of the
Irish-American A. c., made the best
performance by winning both hurdle
races.
Paul A. Sorg's four-in-hand team
trotted mile to coach at the Og-
densburg IN. W Horse Show in
3:21%, beating the best time on rec
ord by 26A seconds.
S. X. Lockett and David Honey
man, of Ardsdale, N. j., with score
of 145, won the best ball foursome
competition at the Baltusrol Golf
Club links, Short Hills, N. ].
Fall rowing practice at Yale has
begun on the harbor for both Varsity
and Freshmen candidates. The cross
country squad also began work with
light practice at Yale Field track.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-10-14
HOW INVENTIONS WERE STOLEN.
Precautions Taken Before Days of Pa
tents to Preserve Trade Secrets.

tents to Preserve Trade Secrets.
Before patents were granted for in
ventions, the inventor had but one
way to secure return from his in
vention. That was to keep 1t secret.
Secret inventions were the most val
liable possessions Of many families
and guilds, But in prooprtion to their
value, they tempted the cupidity Of
competitors. The secret of making
Venetian glass was greatly priced and
was most jealously guarded. A vene-
tian named Paoli, who possessed the
secret, left Venice and wandered north
ward, practising his art. He was stab
bed in Normandy with a dagger mark.
ed "Traitor"-a measure taken to pre-
serve the secret.
In 1710 the Elector of Saxony learn
ed that man named Bottger had dis
covered the secret Of making porce-
lain. He accordingly confined him in
the castle of Albrechtsburg until the
discovery had been perfected. The
workmen were sworn to secrecy, and
the drawbridge was kept up except to
admit those specially authorized. Thus
was the manufacture of the famous
Dresden ware begun. The secret was
soon carried to Vienna, where a royal
factory was established, and to France,
where it was the foundation of the
manufacture of the famous Sevres pot
terry.
The stealing of the secret of max.
ing east steel is an interesting ex-
ample. A matchmaker named Hunts.
man was dissatisfied with the watch
springs the market afforded, and in
1850 conceived that II he could cast
steel into an ingot, springs made from
1t would be more homogeneous. His
conception was successfully carried
out, and a large market was estab-
lished for "Huntsman's ingots." Large
works with tall chimneys were soon
built.
Every effort was made to keep the
secret. No one was admitted to the
WYNN hC PiOSCoo Wdo ulNlutu anu
persons working on each part were
kept in ignorance of other parts of
the work. One bitter winter night,
man, dressed as farm laborer,
came to the door apparently in an ex
hausted condition and asked admit.
tance. The foreman, deceived by his
appearance into thinking the man was
incapable of understanding what he
would see, let him in.
The man dropped down in sight of
the furnaces and seemed to sleep.
Through furtively opened eyes he saw
the workman cut bars of steel into
bits and deposting them in cruci-
bles, put the crucibles in furnaces and
urge the fires to the highest pitch. The
workmen had to protect themselves
from the heat by wet cloths. Final
ly the steel melted, he saw the cruel.
bles were withdrawn and the steel was
cast into moulds-and the secret was
a secret no longer.-American Indus
tries.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-10-14
Troubles of a Missouri Town.

Ash Grove, the second town in size
IN Greene county, with a population
of about 22O0, has prepared a petition
to be presented to the County court
asking that the town government be
dissolved. The law makes it manda-
tory upon the County court to dissolve
the corporation under such circum-
stances. Up to twenty years ago the
city had municipal form of govern.
ment. One night woman, while
walking along dark street, tripped
on the tongue of cultivator which
had been left standing on a sidewalk,
and received dangerous injuries. She
obtained Judgment for $4,000. Rather
than pay this the citizens permitted
the municipal government to go by de-
fault, No elections were held for
more than eighteen years, and the
judgment is now outlawed. About six
months ago the town government was
revived after bitter fight. Soon af-
terward the city marshal, while at
tempting to arrest a drunken man,
was forced TO kill the offender in self.
defence. The opponents OF town
government took advantage of the oc-
currence to urge the dissolution of mu.
nicipal government. If the corpora.
ton Is dissolved second time Ash
Grove will have the distinction of be
Ing the only city Of 220O population in
the world without some form of gov.
ernment.-Kansas City Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-10-14
n2|RD..LAR
SNCE 6
lMENTlON

There is star-Mardela-so far
removed from the earth that II the
distance to the sun is represented as
being one inch, the distance to this
star would be 32 miles.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-10-14

Rear Admiral Evans is an expert
with knitting and crochet needles,
and his embroidery is said to
be as wonderful and varied as is his
Vocabulary.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-10-14

mere Is Star-MardeIa-SO faT
removed from the earth that II the
distance to the sun is represented as
being one inch, the distance to this
star would be 32 miles.
The quantity of sulphuric acid in
mine water varies according to the
district and condition of the mine.
Some mine water has been found to
contain only few grains, while the
water in other workings ogten con-
tains over 100 grains a gallon.
aluminium is now compounded with
magnesium to form magnalium, new
alloy, which Is almost unaffected by
damp air, water, gaseous ammonia,
carbonic acid and most organic acids.
1t can be cast in the liquid condition,
like pure aluminium, and the castings
can be machined, acquiring smooth,
mirror-like surface.
The tantalum lamp Is very desirable
from the fact that 1t is Of high eff
cheney, but 1t is not adapted for many
OF the fixtures at present in use, for
the reason that 1t must hang verti-
cally, whereas more often than not,
the lamps in the existing fixtures hang
at an angle. An adapter has been re-
Gently invented by which this discrep-
ancy Is overcome.
A German inventor has just discov-
cred In the metal wolfram a much SUI
perior filament to that of carbon, used
In the type of electric incandescent
lamp now in vogue. He claims that the
light obtained from the wolfram fila
ment is three or four times as bril-
liant as that given by the ordinary
carbon filament with the same con-
sumption of electricity. What is equal
ly important, the life of the new lamp
exceeds that of the old one by many
hundreds Of hours. The development
Of this latest discovery seems likely
to have a wide influence on the elec.
trio lighting world.
Recent reports indicate that the use
of sodium peroxide for producing fu-
sion Of substances in a closed cham
ber presents great advantages over
former methods Of analysis. Ores or
galena, chrome iron and manganese
are completely desomposed when
mixed with sodium peroxide and me-
tallic sulphids and ignited in a nick
ell crucible. In analysis of plants by
ashing, loss of sulphur and other ele-
ments through volatilization is pre-
vented by the peroxide method. 1t is
especially useful in the analysis of
sulphur in pyrites, and in rubber and
of sulphur and arsenic in organic
compounds.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-10-14

Kangaroos are still Plentiful in some
parts of Australia. One flock owner
boasts of having killed several thous-
and In eighteen months.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-10-31

toosamene detrds de la mano euando q procurador lie
dice que llene el vase.
-Hablemos ahora, senor Suagsby de esa cAtrana
aventuradice ell procurador al raante en- artcuos de
escritorio
Como gustes senior
Me dijistes aver noche cuando tuylstes la bondad
de venir aqui
-Perdonad 81 me tome tanta libertad pero record6
que habiais interesado por aque individuo pens6
que precisamente tenfas. pues
Nj 1ullNnghorn esta dspuesto corregir compile
tar las frases de M Suagsby mucho menos conceder
que Sc toma ineres por NADIA de modo que pobre ten
dero se We reducdo propios oratorios
reera excuses por la hbertad que Sc ha tornado
No necesitas excusaros-responde NJ Tull1nghorn
-Diiistes aver que habias tornado a sombrero ha-
bas vendo sin decir NADIA esposa Era pruden
te hicseis ben; ell asuno muy mportante para con-
farselo / mujer.
Y, por otra parte-anade M Suagsby-ni muier.
habando con franqueza entire nosotros es ago curo
Pobrecila Esta sujeta espasnos su imagi-
naci6n necesa amento de modo one Sc ocupa de todo
10 que puede descubrir, especamente de 10 que no e
mporta
NJ suagsby leva el vase 4 los abos \ murmura. to-
siendo detrds de Ia mano, admiraei6n Que vino
tan precioso
y por esta raz6n lie hab6s dicho NADIA he vuestra
vista De aver nj de Ia de hoy mo eeropregunta
IT. Tulkinghorn
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-10-31
P0R CARLOS DICKENS

ito que dce-contn1a el procurador-a que os
10 mpda aguna ocupac6n perentoria
NJ Saugsby vacia nstante, NJ. Bucket penetra
e fondo del pensameno del papelero.
No temais-le dice perjudicarle NADIA sabemos
que nocente le haremos yenr aqui 1ncamente para
dirigre dos preguntas; e pagara trabalo,
lie deiaremos partr sin moestare Por 81 contrarlo
aseguro que sadr1 De aqui muy contento
-Muy ben-diee NJ Suagsby, tranquilzandose ~
tai
Senor suagsby-connta M Bucket, tono
fdencia cog6ndoe por e brazo dandole algunos gol
pectos el pecho familiaridad,-so hombre de
mundo de negocos tentis talento penetration.
Nil graeias por la favorable opinion que hab6is for
mado de mi-dice NJ suagsby, inerumpiendole
tos modesto ,pero
-Sostengo que ten6s talento penetrac6n-repite
NJ. Bucket les por 10 tanto in1til decir honbre
que dedca negoclos que exigen tactic, fir
presencia de amino (tenia otro tempo ito
Que parecfa mucho), n1til decros que
iantes materas 10 mas prudene suardar escrupuosa
mente ell secreto
-Es certo-responde NJ Suagsby
No emo confesaros Que Sc supone segdn he egado
4 comprender-dice NJ. Bucket aparieneia lie
franqueza tranquilizadoraque el dfunto tena dere-
chos ciera hacienda, que mnjer etel todo
extra1a reativamente este negocio inc entendeis7
-.Ohl-exclama NJ. suagsby, que esta tn i opseuras
antes de esta explicacion.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-10-31

no estan seguros de que el presidente
del Gonsejo acierte Ell esta grave cues
ti6u. para el case Gle I'm desencanto
estan va dispuestos afirmar que 10
tcnian previsto, por 10 cual no hablan
querido mezclarse Ell NADIA, nj habian
tornado parte activa en- debates vo-
taciones
Figuran entire estos personajes ex-
pectantes algunos de gran talla poll
tea. ell senor Maura los conoce per-
fectamente, no es facil que sc aven-
ttren realizar acto alguno ostensl-
bic contra ell jefe del gobierno del
partido. pero sirven por el momento
para alentar las esperanzas de las opo-
siciones que Green al senor Maura, mi
uado su poder dentro de la mayorla,
facil de derrotar dentro del Parla-
mento
Los que constituyen este grupo de
descontentos ocultos, Y secretos has
Ia cierto punto, confian mucho en- la
gesti0n economical del senor Gonzalez
Besada quien siguen considerable
como Il rival del senor Maura y CO.
mo Il que q fuerza de maqWavelismos
le ha de sustitUir nm dia en- Ia jefatu-
ia del partido
Y = 10 mas singular de este case.
que Il senor Gonzalez Besada, hombre
dc indudabIe talento y grandes mere
eimlentos. uo ha hecho hasta la pre-
,ente NADIA extraordinario que merez-
ca Il alto honor que lc quleren dis
pcnsar los enem~os del presidente del
onsejo. En- q miulsterio de Fomen-
to que acaba dc desompenar ha teni-
do algunas plausibIes iniciativas pero
ung1no lie sus actos como tai conse-
gcro a. Ia corona ba revestido Ia i'm
portancia suficiente para justificar su
elevation 4 candidate la presden-
ia deI Console nj en Fl orden general
"a polItica ha >nMdo dc talla para
tanto.
En- un departaHento ministerial e~-
Is do0de puede obteuer Il tercer en-
arehado que. sin habcr ganado nm
-laa batalla. quIereu adjudicarlo los
ue van con malos ojos la direction
del senor Maura IA el parlido con
| ereador. la ucaSl Il no puede sr mAa
7 eorabie para q sefor Gonzalez b.
saba porque precls4mente en mater1a
Je Hacienda pubIiea - cn 10 que 4
patIdo conserVaJor tlent mayor deu-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-10-31
MAS OBRAS, RECIBIDAS
EN- LA LIBERIA DEL ROEetfa.
EN- LA LIBERIA DE

Manual de frabricaci6n de chocolates,
pastas para sopa y galletas, pOH
ID. Luis Godos. / tomo eDcuader-
nado, $1.55, con franqueo.
0bras poeticas de D. Jose de Espron-
ceda. / tomo en- r1stica, 45 centa-
yos, con franqueo.
La collection entera de las obras de Ca
rolina Invernizio. A Is centavos
tomo, con franqueo.
El Derecho y su practica, al alcance ds
todos, por F. ri y Arsuaga. / to-
mo encuadernado en- tela, $1.60s
con franqueo.
La Introduction la Vida Devota, poT
Ell benaventurado Francisco do
Sales, principe obispo de Cole
MIA de los Al6brogues. ] tomo en-
cuadernado en- piel, $L6O, con
franqueo.
Sc ACADIA de recibir en- esta liberia la
importante obra titulada:
La mitad del mundo vista desde TN au-
tom6vil (De Pekin Paris en- so
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erafcas una carta itineraria por
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-10-31

Para la buena marcia de esta Admins
4racion, no admitimos Atlas de suscrip-
aores q este diario sino desde el primero
de cada mes. Las BAJAS Sc avisaran los
dias 80 8 81; advirtiendose que las que Sc
dieren con posterioridad no tomaran en-
euenta nj surtiran efeeto en- la contabilidad
hasta ell dfa tltimo del mes siguiente al en-
cue Sc solicitor.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-10-31
ClRTA De ESPANA
La vida politica


Con Ell regreso del senior Moret de
su eXpedlclon Aaragoza parece ce-
rrado ell perodo de las eXpedclohes
veraniegas de los hombres po1tlcos por
este ano, el lefe del partido liberal Ia
sido agasaJado, vltoreado Y ovacionado
por sus correllgIonanos aragoneSes
los de Madnd pensaban tamolen reail-
Ear un acto lmportante el d1a del re-
greSo de IAN llustfe hoIhDFe puoIico, !,
pefo 10 lhtempesllNo de Ia nora ei
no Aa3larse en- iadild ~ cohde dc no
manones, que rs qunen uene el PRIV
lego Gle orgahlzar esta ciaSe 0e IleS-
tas, lmpldleron La feaii1aclon de es]a
solemnldad Nosotlos VamoS echahd"
de menos Ell todos eStos actos puoli-
COS los dlscufsos con que los cohSpi-
cuos de los pafldos ezpreSan al acer-
carse los per0oos Pafiameh'aFloS so
programa suS planes oehlfo de l'"~
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de gran traseehoehela para = Pal>.
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