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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-01

jardineS, nj entendio la voz si-
gilosa y coquetona dc los es-
pejos.
Y asi vivio. ;. ..iveintinueve
amos!
ReCientemente una seflorita
amiga suya. que habita en- "el
mundO', la invite a dar TN pa
SEQ, Y Mile, Pratt acepto. En-
la Calle, su acompafante sc de
tuvo d saludar q un joven Y, por
primera vez, Mile. Pratt sintio
cerca de ella la presencia, tan
temida, del hombre. 1Oue ocu-
rri6 entonCes en- su alma? tOue
inc n ARA bic extremecimiento
SufrierOn sus nervios Con que
ignorados artificios ell Enemigo
arrull0 sus oidos y como des-
lumbr0 sus pupilas vtrginaIes
con Ell heChizo de una belleza
fuerte Y nueva2. Nj Balzac
sabria explicarlol Lo cierto fue
que Mile. Pratt Sc prend6 re-
pentinamente del desconocido,
que, mas tarde y merced a una
Serie de feliCes casualidades,
volvi6 a verle, Y que. segun el
TELEGRAPH anuncia. .se tcasaran
muy prOnto.
HOmbreS, muJeres, ninas que
va, entire la albura de vuestros
leChOs infantiles, empezais a
sonar con vuestro primer vesti
DO largo, no OS preocuptis de 10
que Hugo le ROux llama can
dorOsamente, la crisis del
amor
FL Amor no pasa; el Amor
que sc va con los pobres viejos,
vuelve con la mocedad; es eter-
no y sus galas son siempre nue.
vas y JoyanteS.
Solo Ia Muerte le 1guala en-
universalidad v poderio. La
muerte habita en- nosotrOs, nos
sigue, nos aCompaiia en- el lie
chO. en- Ell paseo, en- el festin, vi
bra en- la emocion mas dichosa
y sc deSliZa solapadamente 5ajo
el cOntento de la digestion mas
teliz. No la sentim os, no sabe-
mos d6nde esta, pero es eviden-
te que nos rodea, que ocupa to-
dos nuestrOs poros y RE en- cada
latidO de nuestrO COraZ0n. De
pronte sc yeTgue ante nosotros
y nos here. tDe donde vino2
DE ninguna parte. Iba con nos
Otros mismos, la llevabamos den
tro; era una "evaporacion" de
nuestra propia vida
Asi el Amor. Nos dicen que
es malo, que debemos esquivar-
le, y nOsOtrOs ingenuamente 10
CreemOs. Permanecemos aisla-
dos, nuestros preceptores nos
vigllan y los libros que hojean
nuestraS manOs apenas ST ha-
blan vagamente del terrible Sc
CT eto; OjOs avizores nos espian,
puertas cerradas nos separan del
mundo; a nuestro alrededor hay
como un gran silencio de en-
sueno. iTrabajo perdido! Ell
amor vive en- nosotros: el tam
blen RE en- nuestro corazon pal
p1tante y oCupa nuestros poros;
hasta que, bruscamente, apare-
Ice, como aparece la muerte, Y
nos 10 explica todo.
Lectoras. lectores: no olvide1s
que, cualquiera que sea vuestro
temperamento @ vuestra educa-
ci6n. con Ell otro sexo, nuestro
"dulce enemigo'. siempre he :
mos de tropezar: 10 tenemos en-
frente.
Eduardo Z1sassMcsSs.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-01
DOnhe, da goi n0n b0c0
la batrsa dSpetta.

En- Portugal tambiGu Sc la fun dado
dos Femeninos" con objeto de estu :
diar los problemas que q la mujer Sc
referen modo de N mejorarlos.
Con este motivo las damas poltu
guesas estan realizando grandes ira
bajos, fundandose en- el axioma de
que 'quien Sc propone una reforma
debe conocer primero el estado de
las cosas que desea reformar.
El acontecimiento literario c
mundo femenino portuguese 10 cons
tituye la publica cion del notabilisimo
estudio hist6rico de la marquesa de
Alorna, escrito por Ia gran pensadora
Maria Alga Moraes Sal mento, que Sc
para en- estos instantes 4 emprender
uno de sus frecuentes Wales por
Europa, en- el cual visitara Madrid.
Hace pocas semanss, por iniciativa
de una gran DANA israelita, Sc han
alberto en- Ale jandrfa nuevas escue-
las de la alianza, en- las cusles Sc
trata de establecer catedras de es-
paf1ol. La prensa de Egipto, de que
tomo estas noticias, elogia grande e
mente 4 la fundadora y ensalza el
espiritu femenino que sabe empren-
der tan levantadas einpresas.
FL club fundado en- Paris como ex
tension del gran circulo Lyceo Club
de Londres. y del que es presidenta
la duquesa de Uces, Sc prepara inau,
gurar en- sus magnidcos salones una
expo sicion de pintura debida al pin
eel femenino. Hay indicios para su-
poner que sera la mas imporrante de
cuantas Sc han celebrado en- este
genero.
Y NADIA mas. En- estos momentos
Ia aciividad femenina SC bifur1a. Los
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-01
NUNDO FBNGNINO

Del extranjeTo hay cada dia nuevas
| y estupendas noticias acerca del casa
m miento del duque de los Abruzos Y
la linda millionaire chicaguense que
ha ca utivado su corazon. Oulen nos
cuenta los apuros de los augustos
amantes ante las amenazas de anar-
quistas, que no Sc por que desean
dar una princesa por esposa al hijo
de =. Amadeo; va nos relatan que es
ell prometido quien Sc entretiene Ell
descargar ca1ones llenos de rosas
sobre las ventanas de la bella Miss.
Pero es 10 clerto que mien:ras todos
Sc preocupan con estos ''canards'' las
mujeres italianas Sc preparan dar
nos el mas alto ejemplo de cultura.
81 dia % del pasado ha empezado
q funcionar Ell importante Congreso
feminista que Sc celebra en- Roma, ell
Iprimero de esta clase que Sc verifca
Ell la hermosa patria de Leopard.
La princesa Leticia de Aosta. pre-
side esta association femenina. de la
cual forman parte los nombres mas
.prestigiosos de las letras y de la aris-
tocracia.
Basta leer las bases del Congreso
para comprender la importancia que
reviste. Cuando nuestras mujeres Sc
Iaparten de Ia rutina Sc preocupen
de asuntos de tan alta moralidad, ha-
brem1s entrado en- una via de regene.
raci0n.
Elevandose sobre las .niserias DO
litlcas Q de partldo, primera cosa que
Iprohibe el reglamentO, su obra abarca
las cuestiones de mas anplio y YER
dadero interes. Las secciones en- que
.esta dividido son Seis y dentro de ca
da una de elias Sc discutiran impor-
|tantes temas.
He aqui los titulos de las secciones:
I. Instruction p1blica.
2. Asistencia y provision.
3. Coadicion morgl politiea de Ia
mujer.
q. Literature y arte.
5. Hygiene.
6. Estudio del problema de la emil
gracion.
El min istro de Obras pdblica les ha
cedido galantemente la magnffica sala
del nuevo palacio de Justicia y las
discusiones presentan verdadero in
teres. Sc permite que los hom bres
tomen parte en- elias y Sc cuerta con
|numerosaS c impoItantes adhes ZONES
Este triunfo de las mujeres italia
mas hace recordar las frases del gran
poeta de Recanati:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-01

talamio que la primavera gor-
jeaba entire ell arbolado de los
jardines, nj entendio la voz si-
gilosa y coquetona dc los es-
pejos.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-19

babies long. In short time she was
trotting all over the farm at her fos.
terfather's heels; out to the hen
house to feed the chickens; back to
the pump to get a pail of water for
Sam, the old horse; down to the berry
patch to pick berries for supper; over
to the pasture after the cow
| Wherever Uncle Hezekiah went Susis'
went, too, or wanted to. 1t was very
! funny to see the old farmer and his.
| faithful follower.
One day Uncle Hezekiah had to go
to town on business. He was already
in sight of the court house tower
when he remembered that he had not
locked Susie in her shed as usual. He
turned around and looked behind hlm
in some uneasiness. In the distance
was a small cloud of dust. 1t came
nearer and nearer
Yes, it was Susiei She had foA-
lowed him these three miles to town
Uncle Hezekiah stopped his horse
Susie's feet clattered faster over ths
dusty road as she saw the beloved
face Of her master turned toward
her When she reached the buggy She
gave joyous grunt of greeting.
"Well, Susie, what does this meang"
Uncle Hezekiah spoke sternly. Nc
one told you you might come. Go
straight home!'
The joyous twist of Susie's tail uD-
wound, and she stood looking at him
with mournful eyes, as he whipped up
his horse and rolled away as fast az
Sans stiff old legs could carry him
1t was eight o'clock in the evening
before Uncle Hezekiah had finished
his errands and started for the farm.
He had reached the top of the hin,
| where he had left Susie in the after"
noon, when he thought he heard q
familiar sound in the darkness. Rs.
listened:
Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! UGH"
The tones were as full OF love and
longing as pig language can expTssss.
1t was the voice of the faithful SusSs2
She had waited for him all the after
noon and evening in this same Epot
where he had left her. How could he,
scold her?
rs that you, Susie, my grip hes
called. We'll! well! You must be
hungry. So am 1. Let's go home as
fast as We can and get some supper"
Susie trotted happily along under
the buggy. She was very Intelligent
pig, and she pricked up her pink care,
to try to hear that song Uncle HeDe-
kiah was chanting in his deep bass-
He was chuckling so she could hardly
dar for hl1t L.A-
This little pig went to market.
This little pig stayed at home.
This little pig cried: Wee wee, wce,S
1 can't find my way home"
Martha d. Taylor, in Detroit Free
Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-19
Diplomats Purchase Homes.

Diplomats from Latin republics, es-
pecially those countries where the
governments seem to sit on shaky
foundations, are making hay while the
sun shines and acquiring permanent
homes in the United States. The min
lister from Cuba and Nine. Quesada
have just bought the home of H. Clay
Evans, the place of the Leslie Shaw
hospitality in Washington Senor Cal
deron, the minister from Bolivia, pur-
chased and remodeled a fine mansion
in Sixteenth street, and he intends
to remain in Washington despite the
whims of passing governments. Cal
deron has invested much of his ample
fortune in American securities. His
wife is a Philadelphian and his daugh-
ter was educated in that city.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-19

their clothing. A confederate would
say: Here, Yank, III trade hats
with you," Another would exclaim:
"Off with your shoes, Yank! I'll ex-
change with YOU" Some mercenary
confederate would ask: Have you
any money? Out with it! You'll not
need it where you're going, and I'll
take care of it for you"
When the exchanges were all com
pleted the scene presented the appear
ance of a company of confederates
dressed in neat union military uni
forms, guarding within their own line
q band of union soldiers dressed in
ragged, tattered confederate uni
forms, their heads sticking through
crownless hats, toes protruding
through the ends of shoes, bare spots
showing through rents in trousers, es-
pecially in the rear.
AS the prisoners were marshaled
into line by their captors and started
for the rear, the appearance was that
of a company of union soldiers within
the enemy's lines guarding a COM
pany of confederate prisoners. How
ever, no such scene was witnessed
within the enemy's main line, as the
captors, becoming confused by the
thick fog, struck and followed COW
cred way, which, to their great cha
grin, led them and their prison
ers right back into the union
lines, where the confederates, in
turn became prisoners. 1t is need
less to add that the fortunes of war
having changed, there was hasty dis
gorging of plunder and Sergt. McCabe
and his squad came into their own
again.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-19

chicken. Two tin tacks will serve for
eyes; a bit of pointed wood will do
for the beak. Let the bread go into
the opening quite little way to make
it more secure. A few feathers insert
ed at the rear will look like tail, and
two toothpicks will serve as legs.
Now your chicken is complete and
ready to be made to stand up. Next
take couple of bent iron wires, about
an inch and half long. One is in
serted little back of the imitation
legs, and is kept, as are all the other
features, in place by white sealing
wax; the other will serve as support
for a bit of sugar.
When properly adjusted the bird
will perch on your finger; 1t will bal
ance itself and can be made to swing
backward and forward.-Magical Ex-
periments.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-19
Author of Poems Of
Gun and Rod. Efc.
Copyright, by Joseph Is. Bowles)

Got your compass, Doc?" asked one
of the guides, al Ia short, stout figure
passed out from the tents, with
double-barrelled 5shot-gun over his
shoulder.
Yep" was t 3 reply.
Which way re you going today?"
over by the oak ridges was the
answer Il saw lots of turkey sign
there late yesterday afternoon"
well, look out for wildcats over
there, too" remarked the guide, they
re settin' around in the green briers
over there watchin' for rabbits and
turkey"
"All right" replied Doc" III ] run
across one of EN-, III try and scratch
his back for him"
We were camped in the Arkansas
wilderness, forty miles from railroad
and in the heart of the White river
country 1t had been a heart-rending
trip through the swamps, and it had
taken us two days to pitch camp, cut
wood, and get our bearings little.
Five of us had arranged to take the
dogs and drive deer that day, and
doc" Simmons, like ell but two Of
us, a "tenderfoot." was going over
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-19

casionally call for turkeys. Finally
over to my right and I kept calling
the best l could, but finally l must
have let out fortissimo instead of
pianissimo note, and the turkey quit
me cold"
Forty missimo," says one of the
guides, what's that, 'Doc?"
IT'S a buck-snort translated into
English" says Doc"
Go on, Doc" says old man Waite.
We'll" says Doc" "at last heard
the sound of about million turkeys
gobbling down in the timber and
something must have scared them, for
they commenced flying over me by
singles, pairs, threes and clouds. got
two shots before they all went past.
and killed one turkey. When started
back towards where they all had
seemed to light, hung my turkey up
by that old cottonwood stump, high
up out OF reach of anything / guess"
We'll, was coming along to where
the turkeys had all lit, and l got
uONu W lut EGeeu-DlleE pdICueS.
wormed my way through about a mile
Of 'em, but can't raise any turkeys.
| sat down and tried the call but
nary a turkey. Then | made up my
mind to come back to camp and pick
up my turkey on the way. There was
a little snow on the ground, just a
smear, and every once in while I'd
come across one of those big old logs
that was hard to climb over and far
to go around. and the wading through
the briers was awful tough besides.
At last 1 came to long old log that
was running the way l was headed,
and / made up my mind I'd ride her.
So / climbed up on top, and as l was
coming along down towards the end
saw a thick bunch of green-briers at
the other end. Says / to myself, I'll
jump that hurdle, and l took little
flying start and up went over the
briers."
Now, it's little singular, but when
| came down l lit square straddle Of
the biggest wildcat in Arkansaw. Yes,
sir! l was in the saddle for sure, and
l squashed him right down to the
ground. l wasn't exactly scared. you
might say, but was tritie confused.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-19

to try for turkeys doc" had been
taking lessons from an artist in tur-
key-calling, and by means of scraping
a small cedar box on the barrels of
his gun, after having previously rub
bed a quantity of common chalk on
the barrels, he had managed to learn
a call that sounded quite natural to
the uninitiated, even If it didn't fool
the turkeys
But DOC" had run across a tur-
key by accident in the brush, the bird
having been scared up by the dogs
while running deer, and when it few
right into Doc" he bowled it over
as easy as he would a quail 1t was
a fine, big gobbler, and filled Docs"
breast with desire to get some more
of them.
Along about five, when it was get
ting dark rapidly, we saw Doc" Sim
mons coming down the trail headed
for camp. He didn't have any gun
with him but he appeared to be per-
fectly serene about it. He came up
Just as though. nothing had happened,
and says. How soon'll supper be
ready?"
What's the matter, Doc, said EN-
ory, anything happen to you? Didn't
meet up with a panther, did ycu?"
"No!" says Doc" and then he
laughed. Il got turkey" says he.
Where is it?" says Ed Morton.
Hanging UP out in the brush" says
doc"
Where's your gum" says Ed.
81 left that during my tete-atete
with my friend and contemporary, the
wildcat" says DOC"
Sure enough?" says we all, lets
hear"
We'll" says Doc" cts quite
story; III tell you all about it after
supper"
We'll, sir, we had supper, and then
DOC" stretches out before the blaze
Of about ton of logs and he says
Are we all here, brethren?"
And then he commences Il start
ed out this morning and went straight
TO the oak ridges, and built me little
sort of blind and crawled in back
q 1t and commenced to listen. and oc-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-19
Shorthand Without Hands.

A youth of 10. named Possneck, who
two years ago lost both his hands in a
machinery accident at Arnstadt has
accomplished the remarkable feat of
gaining speed certificate for short.
hand. After his mishap, by which his
hands were cut off at the wrists, he
was received into cripples' home.
The duke of Saxe-Meiningen, one of
the patrons, took an active interest in
the lad and paid for two artificial
hands. The cripple soon became so
expert in their use that he is now
an excellent penman, and can write
shorthand at the rate of 115 words
per minute.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-19
Deforestation in Africa.

According to j. Dybowski, a pro.
gressive desiccation of the air and
soil is manifest in the region of the
Sudan, the underlying cause being
the destruction of the original forests.
Cape Verde is cited as an example.
In the eighteenth century the botanist,
Adanson, described it as coveed with
vast forest, whence its name. Now
the forests ale gone, the rivers are di-
minished, sheets of water have disap-
peared, and the productivene3s of the
soil is falling, until in many places
the region has become almost sterile,
The natives began the destruction Of
the forests ignorantly; white men CON
unue 1t for immediate selfish ends.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-19

This old cat spit and clawed out from
under me and l know he was almost
frightened out Of his senses. The ef-
feet on me was what the scientists
call optical Illusion Ever see these
cages with a squirrel going around in
EN-? Well, thought the world was
going around at the rate of a million
revolutions minute and that / was
going around with it in a sort of cage,
with eleventeen wildcats on top of me
to keep me company"
That's the reason ! came away
without my gun. That's the reason
| didn't hunt up my turkey. That's
the reason l hustled for camp. I
wanted the sight of human faces and
the touch of human sympathy. What
I wanted to do was to get away from
there and forget all that maze of fur
and teeth and yellow eye-balls, and
thrashing around there in the green.
briers, and that pungent smell of
scared wildcat"
And that's the reason, / reckon,
that my clothes seem to be ripped up
a little across the seams. l don't
know what's the best record for travel
ing through green-briers on a direct
line, and / haven't measured the dis.
tance from here to where me and the
wildcat got introduced to each other,
but want to say that my time must
have been something terrific. l sailed
over the logs like g. quail, and I went
through the green-briers like rabbit
through an Usage orange hedge"
Il thought if fingered the wildcat
might have robbed me of my watch
and other vahables, l guess, for !
never stopped to dicker about the gun
at all. And now when l come to size
it up, that varmint was as badly
scared-I mean confused, as l was. /
remember he went over the log like
a charge of buckshot the minute he
could squirm loose, but the optical H.
lusion on me was streng at that time,
and / thought I had lit right in the
middle of wildcat convention"
Who'll go out with me in the morn.
ing and help me find my gun?" says
Doc"
z Will" says old Emory.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-19
AT PETERSBURG.
War "reminiscences of One Hundred
and Fifty-fifth Regiment, Pc. v.

In the winter and early spring the
marshy country to the south and south
west OF Petersburg, drained by Hatch
ers and Gravelly runs, was subject to
frequent fogs so dense that from day
break until ten o'clock a soldier wan
dering away few rods from his camp
would be unable to find his way back
to the same. During the siege Of Pc
tersburg, writes John T. Porter in the
Pittsburg Dispatch, the whole region
between the lines of the contending
armies was so cut up by covered ways,
dug-out roads, rife pits, etc, to con-
ceal the movement of troops and pick
cts from the view of the enemy as to
make it almost impossible, or at least
extremely hazardous, to pass from the
main lines to the picket posts when
the fog was heavy.
During the winter campaign of ga
'65 Sergt. Walter McCabe of COM
pany B, One Hundred and Fffty-fifth,
in command of large squad of pick
cts, started out one foggy morning to
relieve the union pickets in the rife
pits. After wandering for some time
in what seemed to be the direction of
the union picket line the sergeant and
his squad were brought to a sudden
halt by a challenge from a confed-
crate picket when, to their consterna-
tion, they found themselves prisoners
within the enemys line, unable to es-
cape
On being lined up preparatory to
starting for the rear of the confed-
crate army Sergt. McCabe and his
men were relieved by the enemy
OF all their valuableo and most of
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-19
SUSIE
Tho True Story of Little Squeallna.
Pig.

When Susie was a little squealing
baby, Uncle HeZekiah adopted her.
She was all alone in the world, and SO
was he. He wrapped her in piece ~
old carpet and tucked her into a box
filled with hay in the wood she'd
A queer crib for baby" you say
But Susie thought it was delightful.
She had never seen such a nice bed
before, for she had been born in the
slummiest of slums-to tell the truth,
in pig pen.
That pigs are really cleanly creS-
lures, no one could doubt who saw
Susie's milk-white coat. She waa
the dearest, sweetest little baby piggv
in the world. Her pretty pink nezu
and little pink ears and the curl OF hey
little tail were simply irresistible. So
thought Uncle Hezekiah, as he fed her
a bowl Of warm bread and milk three
times each day.
But pretty soon Susie was able 10
feed herself, for baby pigs are not
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-19

tache with a piece Of burnt cork and
ornament his head with high hat.
The more complete the disguise tho
more effective is the giant. IL some
ready-witted and genial member of the
party will undertake to act as show
man and exhibit the giant, holding a
lively conversation with him and call
ing attention to his gigantic lido
syncrasies, great deal of fun may be
produced. The joke should not, how
ever, be very long continued, as the
feelings of the person carrying, the
other must be considered.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-19

Teacher (reading aloud)-The
weary sentinel leaned on his gun and
stole a few moments sleep.
Dottie-I bet l know where he stole
it from.
Teacher-Where, Dot?
Dottie-From his "nap"-sack.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-19

1t Is easy to make.
and will be much 4
appreciated ny
your mother. sis
ter or friend. The
pin Gu & h ! @ n,
needlebook an q,
scissor-case are
fashioned OF any
small pieces of
silk or satin that
you may happen,
to h a We. Th .
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-19

an empty egg
shell which is
open only at one
end. Close this
opening with a lit
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That Stranqe Ladder.

Some one has said," remarked the
moralizer, that the ladder of ambition
has no top rung."
Il guess that's right" reioined the
demoralizer, "and very often it has
nothing to lean against. t."-Chicago
Daily News.