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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-03-06
UNA COMPARACION Historical
FACIL DE REFUTAR

Sc ha querido comparar a Stoessel
con Massena
Stoessel en- Puerto Artnro fS NaSSfna
en- Gfnov0. 80. escribio Francois Co
ppee.
Desde Ell punto de vista geogr&fco
y estrategico, la semejanza es abso-
luta, pero ahf cesa,-toco en- honor
| de las. armas francesca. Cuando Mas
sena salio de Genova, hacfa semanas
que su gente no tenia por toda ali
mentaci6r sino la 3uela de sus zapa-
tos. Jamas sitio alguno fue mas he
roicamente soportado. ~@.~s
ST Masszna hubiese capitulado an
tes, las tropas de Melas reforzadas
por los sitiadores de Geneva, habrfan
sido numericamente superiores & las
de Napoleon, y los franceses tai vez
habr1an sido vencidos en- las llanuras
de Lom bardfa. Stoessel no tenfa por
que juzgar del plan de Kouropstkine
porqu6 desesperar de un auxilio pro-
metjdo que no llegaba Tenia adhe-
ridos sus trincheras Glen mil enc
migos y debla mautenerlos asf. Des-
de el dfa en- que hoto bandera blanca
sobre aquellas trincheras, va Sc ira
taba de todo ell ej6rcito de Man
churia.
Stoessel, para defenderse, invoc6
los derechos imprescriptibles de la
lhumanidad. Flaco argumento en-
tempo de guerra Los que vieron
la capitulaci6n, los que abandonaron
los reductos regados con tanta SAN
gre, no 10 perdonan, Y 6l mismo baj6
los ojos delante dc sus ohciales, que
Ell de enero partieron prjsioneros,
prefriendo los cuarteles de Toxic al
regreso sin gloria 4 la patria ven
cida.
Algunos. empcro, de aquellos a
quienes en- todo tempo habia protegi
do, permanecieron & su lado. Otros,
los que habian hecho obscuramente
su deber, 10 abrumaron con su desden.
Smyrnof. cuya actitud quizas no
estuvo exenta de reproches desde los
comienzos del sitio. pero que 4 10
menos habla prot estado contra la rem
dicion, lanzo un grito de furor al yer.
10 por la Ultima vez.
En- Ell tren en- donde debian irlsta-
larse los ofciales que hablan hrmado
Ell desastre y que iban hacia Dalny,
los japoneses habfan reservado IN
coche deprimera para Stoessel. Smyr-
nof, rodeado de algunos ohciales, Sc
pasea ba por ell anden guardando TN
silencio amenazador.
Los ofciales rusos SO precipltaron,
sobre los wagones, desalojaron 4 las
damas; grita ban. cantaban, fun1aban,
porque sin duda .habfan perdido en- el
curse de aquel1os largos meses dc
sitio toda nocion de respeto Y de cul-
tura. Cuando ell tren iba 4 ponerse
(Contin1a en- Ia segunda paginal
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-03-06

El "a, la posiclon vuelve q caer en-
manos de los rusos, que va no debfan
abandonarla, ,-esta vez sin esperanza,
-sino fines de noviembre!
DeSdc entonces, mora1mente, StoeS-
sci entrega Ell mando Kondratenko.
Esta absolutamente desalentado. Co
barde9 No, pero extenuado ST. Desde
que la fortaleza sttre On nuevo revGs,
habla de rendicion. Inmediatamente
que los japoneses toman TN fortfn !,
exclama en- Ell consejo;
-Toda resistencia es in1til. Aca-
ban de apoderarse de la llave de la
ciudad.
Dfa por d1a, hora por hora, Kon-
dratenko lucha contra los SitiadoreS Y
contra Stoessel.
va los japoneses han deiado mas
de veinte mil muertos en- los alrede-
dores de Puerto-ATturo. Ahora tie
men mas de ochenta mil hombres baio
los muros. En- su frenesf por tomar
la ciudad, romper aquella resistencia,
Sc lanzan al asalto, sin esperar ST.
quiera que los trabajos preparator los
de ingenierfa hayan term inado.
Viendo que sus ataques contra e.
|oestc< son infructuosos, Ell jefe del
ejercito sitiador, Nogi, dirige su es.
fuerze al este. Toma, y pierde lue-
go, el fu uerte Kouropatkine. Kondra-
tenko, ,--Kondratenko solo, ,-defende
el terreno palmo 4 palmo. Bien sabe
que la fortaleza caera en- manos de
los enemigos, pero calcula que toda-
via puede resistir. Llega octubre.
Dice 4 sus oficiales:
-Podsmos resistir hasta fines de
febrero -. y, tomada la ciudad, to-
davfa hay una bella resistencia que
opener.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-03-06
STOESSEL
Sc RINDE CONTRA LA OPINION
DE LOS GENERATES

Ell 80 de octubre, Sc libra una es :
pantosa batalla alrededor del castillo
de XII Kouan. Los japoneses son re-
chazados con tales perdidas, que no
lntentan ell 1nenor esfuerzo aparente
hasta Ell Is de noviembre. Despues,
Ia partir de aquella fecha. J los ataaees
va no cesan. Los fuertes arden, sin
embargo, resisten.
Stoessel habla todavla de rendirse.
-Jamasl exclama Kondratenko.
Concluye noviembre sin que los
japoneses hayan alcanzado I'm exito
definitivo. Desde princ1pios de di-
|ciembre, redoblan sus ataques sobre
XII Kouan. -. Ell ob1s del 49,. Ell
obds del I5.... Cada quien expert
menta la sensacion de que todo ha
conclude para siempre. :. que, pri-
mada de Kondratenko, las tropas mar
charlan sin entusia smo hacia una
muerte int1ti1 -. Es ell duelo para la
ciudad humeante. -; es Ell dia YER
dadero de la capitulacion moral.
En- menos de dos semanas, aquellos
fuertes, que habfan resistido once
meses, caen en- manos del enemiqO.
Sc reune TN consejo supreme de
guerra.
/ Esta tomada la MontafIa Alta. Lo
que quedaba de la escuadra esta des-
tru1do.
Stoessel propone capitular.
La mayor parte de los generates
rehusan.
-Debemos sostenerncs, dicen, has
ia Ell tlltimo hombre, hasta Ell 1ltimo
cartucho.
....Dos dzas desPufs, StoesseI entire
gaia a Puerto Artur0 Por su probta
aatoridad.
Hay en- este, incontestablemente,
TN hecho casi 1nico en- los anales de
la guerra: un general capitula contra
Ell voto de todos los miem bros del
consejo de defensa.
Ell general Stoessel debe responder
de aquella decision ante un con sejo
de
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-03-06
LOS ARGUMENTOS DE LA
DEFENSA

LA guarnici6n estaba agotada
moral y ffsicamente.
2.-Stoessel tomo Ell mando de una
plaza fuerte en- donde NO habia NADIA
preparado, y tuvo que, ayudado de
Kondratenko, fortifcarla en- dos me-
ses.
Sci bloqueo de Puerto Arturo
fue de tai manera efectivo desde Ell
principle, que no pudo entrar nj I'm
solo buque cargado de harina.
4-Imposibilidad de mantener el
orden en- una ciudad en- que cinco
mil trabajadores sitiaban las fondas
y amenazaban 4 cada instante con
sublevarse.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-10
Road Building in the Country.

Don't you people ever work the
roads in this section?" asked the au-
tomobilist, as he pried the rear wheel
of his machine out of a rut with a
fence rail.
Work EN-? Wall, ] should say
we do" answered Uncle Charlie Sea-
yer from the top rail of the fence
"Why, we work these roads on the
assessment plan; none of tibet money
system for us fellers. Every farm is
assessed so many days work on tn
highway, an after the farm work is
all done an we amt nuthin' else ter
do we all turn out, thirty or forty O.
us, with plows, horses, picks, shovels
an hoes to work tn roads. ! tell
you it's picnic. Work? Why, they
make the dirt fly until they get tired.
Then we find some shady spot to rest,
eat our lunch, drink some cider,
smoke an maby play game or two
of seven up. An we call it day. -
New York Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-10
HIS BATTLE.

The soldiers greatest victory is not
always on the field. Nor are the enc.
mics in his most terrible contests al.
ways his fellow man. One such con.
test is described in l.. E. Chittenden's
IAN Unknown Heroine" During the
Civil War Lieutenant Bedell was shot
in the thigh. The bright red gush OF
arterial blood told him where the i'm.
mediate danger lay. In vain he tried
to check the stream. Then he called
for aid.
cord it, boys" he said. take
a handkerchief or anything, only be
quick! Try sash and bayonet," he
added, seeing their futile endeavors.
At last the flow was stopped. The
officer was carried in stretcher to
the temporary field-hospital. Ampu.
tation of the leg must take place al
once, and the patient might die under
the knife. Bedell heard the dag
nosis.
rs not this wound certain to be
fatal if you do not operator"
"Yes."
"Then do not lose moments
time"
They laid him on the table. HIS
native vigor was in his favor, but his
great size was against him. Sixty.
four inches of flesh were laid bare be.
fore the operation was over. The
right hand was crushed, but the sur.
geons dared not touch it until it was
seen whether the patient would rally
from the amputation.
That evening the camp had to
move, and the iolting journey was an
awful ordeal for the wounded man
At last, expecting his death at any
moment, the doctors had him carried
to a farmhouse by the. way. In the
morning he had gained a little
strength.
You doctors think have my fatal
wound" he said. II know perfectly
we'll the chances are against me. But
] have wife and children who want
me. l am going to make the hardest
fight of which l am capable. Will
you help me?"
A consultation was held. Only one
young surgeon thought there was the
slightest hope of life. In his care
Lieutenant Bedell put himself.
my life is not my own property, >
said he. For a year it belongs to
the United States; after that to my
family. l shall not throw away one
chance to save it. Doctor. l am
ready"
Again he was laid on the operating
table. He did not wish to take an an
esthetic, but he submitted when the
doctor said:
The operation on the hand and
the dressing of the wound will be very
painful, and therefore exhausting.
You must husband every particle of
strength"
On Z hard bed of straw, his only
covering an old army blanket. the
wounded man with his Young doctor
fought the fight for life. And they
won.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-10
STRUCTURE OF THE BRAIN.
Enormous Number of Cells and FL
bres Connecting Them.


According to DR.. Edward A. Ayres
Tin Harper's Monthly the human
brain is composed of microscopic di-
mansions. Each has a diameter of
from 1-1400 to 10000 of an inch.
Their number is variously estimated
at from 612. 100000 to 5000, O0O,-
900! Even 100000 is a quantity
almost beyond comprehension. Con-
Meeting with many of the cells are
delicate fibres which extend to other
cells. Besides, there are telegraph
wires. the nerves, which run down to
or come from other parts of the body.
One set of nerves proceeds from
the skin. These are so close together
that there is no point on the surface
of the body which can be touched
with the finest needle without send
ing a report to headquarters. To
every square foot of skin there are
about 900 of these 'tactile" nerves,
and 1t is estimated that the body has
sixteen square feet of surface. There
are nerves also from the special sense
organs - the eyes, nose and ears.
These convey their messages much
more quickly than do the nerves of
the skin. Still third set of nerves
extends to the tips of the various
muscles and conveys the orders need
ed for the various voluntary move
ments. These are called the motor
nerves. Many of the duties per-
formed by such organs as the heart
and stomach are regulated by other
nerve centres than the brain. The
subordinate centres, called ganglia,
work independently of the brain Or
dinarily person is unconscious of
their operations and he cannot con-
troll them by his will.
In the lowermost and back part of
the skull is the cerebullum or small
brain. Among its duties is making
other parts of the body cooperate
Tor given purpose, like keeping ones
balance. Something also has been
learned about the localities in the
larger and upper brain in which diff
ferent classes of work are performed.
Phrenologists have made rather ex-
travagant and inaccurate statements
about bumps" but, after all, there
is some truth in the later stories of
such discoveries. One way in which
the truth can be learned is to COM
pare the human brain with those of
animals. 1t catfish, for instance,
about half the brain is devoted to the
sense of taste. Another method is
noticing the effects of an injury to a
brain by accident, and a third en-
ploys experiments on animals while
they are chloroformed. If one part
of the brain is exposed and touched
with delicate electric instrument. a
certain muscle will contract. If an
other is touched another responds.
With the knowledge thus secured the
surgical profession is sometimes en-
abled to perform operations on man
which would otherwise be impossible.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-10
What 1t Costs to Run New YORK.

The State of New York is the !arg.
est in the Union, and it takes good
deal of money to run it. According
to the figures furnished the Roches.
ter Post-Express by Senator Arm.
strong, chairman of the Senate Com.
mittee on Finance, it took about $780,.
100000, exclusive of trust funds, to
meet the appropriations of the regu-
lar session of the Legislature recently
adjourned. AS would be expected in
an enlightened commonwealth, the
greatest expenditures were for the
benefit of charities and schools. Hos
pitfalls received $5.661.11S, and the
common schools (not including nor.
NAL schools and academies) $4,66j.-
625, a sum exceeding by half-mill-
ion the appropriation of last year.
Charitable institutions other than
hospitals received s2,5S3,759. and
the judiciary $1,36S,696. The re.
mainder of the $30,000,000 was dis.
tributed among the score of other de-
partments of State work in amounts
ranging iIoH @oV,VVV W S0VU,VuU.
Ore conspicuousitem is that of s450,.
900 for printing, which seems very
excessive. The total appropriations
exceed by nearly s3.000,000 those of
last year, but the law allows the Gov
ernor to cut out unnecessary items in
appropriations bills, and he consider
ably lessened the amount .-Leslie
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-10
Cures by Sea Water.

M. Quinton, learned French
biologist. has effected marvellous
cures by sea water. Reduced to its
simplest expression, his sea-water
cure consists of introducing by SUBJ
cutaneous injections into the en-
feebled organism a SERUM" or
"plasma, which is nothing but per-
fectly pure sea water, sterilized and
diluted in a fixed proportion. He
says every animal organism, whether
worm, dog, horse or man, is composed
Of sea water to the extent of one
third of its weight. A man weighing
16S pounds contains fifty-six pounds
of sea water. This sea water, M.
Quinton declares is the vital liquid
of the organic cells, the liquid without
which life would not be possible
Kansas City Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-10

was adopted by Mr. John Allan, of
Richmond, Va, which accounts for
the fact that. though a Northerner
born, he always had such close I'M
Outstanding of the South and SYM
pathy for it.
How He Left West Point.
In 1929. when he was twenty, Is
found his name for the first time on
the fyleaf of volume of poems, al
Aaraaf, Tamerlane, ETC. The Uni
versity of Virginia had been his alma
mater; then he went to West Point,
but the move was a mistake, and
after spending a few months there
he asked his guardian to permit him
to resign. The later peremptorily re-
fusing, Poe took his own msans of
ending a regime that had become
painful to him, and by neglecting all
his studies finally got himself into
such disgrace that he was cashiered.
Thrown on his own resources, he
took up literature as a means of live
lihood, and wrote in rapid succession
his wonderful stories of mystery, of
which Marie Roget" the Murders
of the Rue Morgue, THE Gold Bug"
BLACK Cat, Pit and the Pendulum"
especially astonished the world In
New York he contributed to the New
York Quarterly Review a series of
searching criticisms, then he went to
Philadelphia to assume charge of the
Gentleman's Magazine.
His romance with Sarah Helen
Whitman is one of the most famed
chapters of his life. He worshiped
this brilliant woman, and her loyalty
to him is proved by the vigor with
which, after his death, she fastened
to reply to every one of the ISLANDERS
directed against his memory. Almost
alone for long time she bore the
burden of battle against the detrac-
tors of Poe, and her work is nov
bearing fruit in the changed attitude
of the public mind to him.
Baltimore, in whose streets Poe
was found insensible in October,
1S49, was first to publicly honor his
memory, and statue erected there
in 1876 was the first memorial to his
memory.
Other honors are certain to be the
outgrowth of the centenary, for the
United States, having finally found
its great poet, will now proceed to
make nt-Washington Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-10
Training n Beagle.

With regard to the training of a
beagle. he has to be treated on quite
a different plan from the setter and
pointer. In their cases great deal
of work of training is to conquer nat.
ural propensities. whereas with the
beagle you encourage him to so on
and do all he can in seeking and
chasing when found. Young dogs are
usually put down with an older one,
and very few lessons suffice. It
comes as natural to beagle to run
scent as for terrier to kill rats, and
il there is no apparent inclination one
lesson usually provokes it, The less
one interferes with a beagle running
line the better for the dog. so long
as he is not pottering in one well
tested place. but casting all about
when he has lost the trail.-Field
and Stream.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-10
WIFE WON.
Husband Finally Convinced.

Some men are wise enough to try
new foods and beverages and Their
generous enough to give others the
benefit of their experience
A very conservative" Ills. man
however, let his good wife find out
Tor herself what blessing Postum is
to those who are distressed IN many
ways. by drinking coffee. The wife
writes:
No slave in chains, 1t seemed to
me, was more helpless than |, a coffee
captive. Yet there were innumerable
Misunderstanding from a troubled
sleep with feeling of suffocation, at
times dizzy and out of breath, attacks
OF palpitation of the heart that fright.
ened me-
Common sense. reason, and my
better Judgment told me that coffee
drinking was the trouble AT last my
nervous system was so disarranged
that my physician ordered no more
coffee
He knew he was right and he
knew ] knew II. too. capitulated.
Prior to this our family had tried
Postum but disliked 1t. because. as
We learned later. 1t was not made
right
Determined this time TO give
Postum fair trial. | prepared 1t &C.
cording to directions on the pkg
that is, boiled 1t Is minutes after
boiling commenced. obtaining dark
brown liquid with a. rich, snappy
favour similar to coffee. When
cream and sugar were added 1t was
not only good but delicious.
Noting its beneficial effects in me
the rest of the family adopted it-ail
except my husband, who would not
admit that coffee hurt him. Several
weeks elapsed during which drank
Postum two or three times day,
when. to my surprise, my husband
said; I have decided to drink
Postum. Your improvement is so
apparent-you have such fine color
that | propose to give credit where
credit is due And now we are
coffee-slaves no longer.
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich Read THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a Rea-
son."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-10
A Red-Eyed Chicken.

Mr.. George Ladenburger has a
sure-enough curiosity in the possess
sion of red-eyed chicken.
1t is not the eyelids that are red,
as might be inferred, but the eyes
themselves. The eyeballs are not
bloodshot or inflamed, but are of a
brilliant crystal red, while the sights
are also red, but of a darker hue. So
transparent are the eyes that when
the head of the chicken is held be-
tween your vision and the sun 1t ap-
pears as If the sun were shining
through from one eye to the other
and the head lighted up inside
Dover (Ky.) News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-10
Wood Engraving.

The first English engravers on
wood worthy of notice were Edward
Kirkall, born in 1895, and Joan Jack
son, who died in 1884. But the art
had no real vitality in England till
the brothers Berwick, about the
close of the eighteenth century,
founded the English school. which
has since attained position second
to no other.---Naw York American.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-10
What a Poultry Man Says About 20
Mule Team Borax.

AS l am in the poultry business,
had ten white chicks to wash and
prepare for show. used "20-Mule
Team" Soap for washing the birds.
and ] can say from years of exper-
fence washing white birds. never be-
fore have l found soap or Borax
that cleaned my birds so fine and
easy. had great deal of comment
on my birds being SO White. ]. A.
Dfnwiddie. New Market, Tenn.
All dealers-h, and 5 Id. cartons.
Sample and booklet, sc. Pacific
Coast Borax Co.. New York.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-10

The International Congress on
tuberculosis will be held in Wash
ington next September. great ex-
hibition illustrative of what is being
done the world around in the fight
against the disease will be held in
connection with the congress. and
the two will continue from Septem-
Der 81 to October -.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-10

Solfatara. a semi-extinct volcano
near Pozzuoli, has opened new era
ter 25c feet from the ancient one. 1t
is emitting voluminous column of
sulphurous gases. Thu activity of
Solfatara always is supposed to coin
eide with the inactivity of Vesuvius.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-10

According to Mulhall's estimate,
130,000,000 persons speak English
and S4.000.000 German Russian is
spoken by upwards of $4,000. 900 !;
but these numbers are far exceeded
by the 360.000.000 to 400, 900, 900
Chinese and 100000 or more
Hindustani
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-10

dered and my mead ached TO distrac-
ton. l was in a bad condition. bu;
medicines failed to help. lost
ground daily until l began with
Doan's Kidney Pills. They helped
me at once and soon made me strong
and we'll"
Sold by all dealers. 5ocents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. n. Y.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-10
HEALTH BRINGS H.4l'riSIAS.
Invalid Once, a Happy Woman Now.
Mrs. c.. r. Shelton, Pleasant street
Covington. Tenn. saws: "Once |

seemed u helpless in
valid, but now ! enjoy
the bert of health
KID II Y d / s g 4 Sc
brought me down ter
ribly. Rheumatic aches
and pains made every
move painful. The So
crctions were disor-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-10

Mrs. Frank Stroebe, r. F. d. 1, Apple
ton, Wis, writes: 81 began using Peru
ma few months ago, when my health
and strength were all gone, and was
nothing but o nervous wreck, could
not sleep, eat or rest properly, and felt
no desire to live. Peruna made me look
at life in different light, as began to
regain my lost strength.
81 certainly think Peruna is without
rival as q tonic and strength builder. &"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-10
DOCTOR SAID USE cUTIcURA"
For Bad Case of Eczema on Child
Disease Had Reached Fearful
Stakeholder Resulted in

when / was small was troubled with
eczema for about three months 1t was all
over my face and covered nearly all of my
head. 1t reached such state that it was
Just large scab all over, and the pain and
itching were terrible. doctored with an
able physician for some time and was then
advised by him to use the Cuticura Rem
edles, which did and was entirely cured.
have not been bothered with it since. 1
used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment,
but do not know exactly how much was
used to complete the cure Miss Anabel
Wilson, North Branch, Mich, Oct. 20, 'O7.G
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-10
Joy in Doing Good.

Never did any soul do good, but 1t
became reader to do the same again,
with more enjoyment. Never was
love, or gratitude, or bounty prac-
ticed, but with increasing Joy which
made the practicer still more in love
with the fair act.-Shaftesbury.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-10
Ladies' Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, powder. ltmakes tight or new shoes
easy. Cures swollen, not, sweating aching
feet, ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. AZ
all druggists and shoe stores. 25c. Don't c-
cept any substitute. Trial package FREE by
mail. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.