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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-09-22

Paris, 8eptiambEe 22.-LR oicinG GEN.
trail de tsl6fonos de esta CiudNd hR nido
tOtalmOnte dOOtrufds por IN inoondio que
10 Fedujo todo & CsnizRI en- bEGvsB inatGn'
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puOB hay pOE medic sOFi01 asuntoB que &
10 que pareCe hRIlGb8nIO On deB6Tden ,
ahora qusdAn uin 80guridOd de pOnibIo
sIolRReCimiento. Circular TumoFGB que
atribuyon & I6 adminiBtEaci6n dc 10 CEN
trail graves EssponHRbilidRdeI, BoupsOh6n'
dose que Ol HinieltFo fu6 intentional. Las
RutoEidRdeB han inteEvenido, = IR question
pIomete uoE OB0andRl0gR.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-09-22

Nusva York, SeptiembrO 22.-LoB va
pores que IlGgsn 0Bt0 puerto infoEman
acsTCA de teTTibIOI expGFiOnCiaB porquG tu'
vieFon que pRsRE oil COZ OogidoI pOE sl ilti'
mo huEao6n en- Ol AtlGntic0. DiCen que,
"a pagO, pEantAEon galvamentO muchos
nfUfrRgos de otEaB embRECRcioneI que 90
hRbian lido pique, EsBcat6Adolo8 del in
monso oIeAj0 On donde UobTsnGdabRn
unoB on bRlaaB , otFoB On mGBtileB fotRnteS.
El gran tFaBatl6ntioo de 10 CunGFd Line,
0l MaNrstania, psrdi6 Ia h6IiOa y fu6 tFs'
m0ndamentO a8otado p0r 0I vi0nto ain que
"a inmenBa RFmAz6n GufrisFa otr0g dNfion
que la cit8dG p6rdidR. El PGrSMG, pro0O'
d0nte do Saint ThomRT, 20 inClin6 CinCu0n'
To y dos gradOH. Les pasojerog. NterFNdov,
polOidoB de hoTroFoSo p6niCo fueTon encs'
EEadoG en- lR CGmRra bAjB CRHi 10 fUeEza.
Fl bRFC0 al fin CRpe6 el temporal viCt0ri0'
sRmonte hsbiend0 tanido muChoB dRfloU
psro do menoT Cu0ntfR inIignifeRnteG.
San PetsrBburgo, septiambre 22.-La
BituRci6n es peoE de 10 que 10 cree On loB
cfFculou ofciRle8 No hay BanidRd. EI
ousrpo m6dico satG peTplejo ante Las hoEFo'
FogRB prOpoTcionGB del c6IGTR m0Ebo. Eg'
to 10 preSsntR tan falminEntS que LOS tran
g0unteg, ataOadoB de Adbito pOF lG iDfsO'
Oi6n, en- la miBmR CAlI0 20 rsVuelvsn, ante
lS multitud at0EroEiznda, On ConvulGioneB
horriblGB fsIl0Ciendo On el pFOpio arroyo
an COnAiderAblO ndmeFo = pOFmAnoCiOndo
On 81 duTRnts laTgaG horRs. Sc hR oTd0'
nado Ia deGinfoCCi6n do Las GALES utiliz6n
dose bTigGdaH do DanitREioa del ei6rCito.
La familiS imperial 90 aiEms qus int0n'
to buGcar Eefugio en- Ditio & Cnbierto del
diezmsdor azote,
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-09-22

JUAN BRASCHI.
Director Inferno.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
A chummY. Fearless Bird.

So unafraid are humming birds of
man that they will readily enter open
windows of houses if they see flowers
within. have even read of their visit
ing the artificial flowers on a lady's
hat when she was walking out. and
other writer's speak of their taking
sugar from between persons lips.
In room they become confused and,
being so frdfl. are apt to iniure tbzm.
selves by striking against objects.
More than once l or members Of my
family have caught the frightened lit
tie waits for their good and released
them in the open air. 1t is of no use
to try to keep them In captivity un-
less possibly it were in a greenhouse
where there were plenty of flowers. for
no artificial food has ever been founI
which will nourish them. Yet even
there they would probably kill them
selves by flying against the glass.-H.
X. Job in Outing Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
Stories Told In the CloakroOms
Senator Elect JOhn Sharp
Williams on Grammatical Err.
rOrs-Representative Burton
and His Wonderful Memory.

wv YHEN John Sharp Williams
AZ who has been promoted IA
"a the senate takes his seat as
one of Mississippis senators.
the house wiz lose one of its most en-
tertaining story telers. THE other
day" he said recently, 81 was amused
by the remark of one of the messen.
gers at committee room door He
was disputing with another negro and
in the most heated part OF the argu.
ment said. That don't cut no signify.
think that there never was more
ungrammatical expression than that
except one. A man knew went into
restaurant in Mobile and asked the
waiter to bring him some UNDERGONE
roast beef. The waiter came back with
piece that was pretty well done, and
the man protested.
BEST we got, mister said the
waiter, We amt got none that's no
underdoner'
The new senator has to stand some
good natured rallying now and then
because of the name of the place from
which he halls. Yazoo. 1t was the
Washington Star which recently print
ed under cartoon of the genial mi.
nority leader the following stanza:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

when it is used with the intention of
hurting anybody or anything. In the
hands of an expert the boomerang Is
capable of furnishing considerable en-
tertainment No ordinary mechanic
can construct it, and the trick of max
ing it return to the thrower is by no
means easy to learn. Not only must
the instrument be held at just the prop
er angle when thrown, but there must
be peculiar twist. and the direction OF
the wind must be studied. In making
the boomerang certain lateral twists
are given the wood, and it is pitted
with notches running laterally along
the surface. In throwing it one must
stand with the wind blowing toward
ones left front. Experts can throw the
boomerang as far as go yards and
make it return and tlutter down about
the head like butterfly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
WILD oUTBURsT OF Joy.
MafeIsng Night, When London Flung
Aside All Dignity.

Aside All Dignity.
"Mafeking night gave verb to the
English language TO mafiik." de-
fined in a phrase, means to turn every
thing upside down in wild outburst
of Joy. Certainly we did turn every
thing upside down that night Friday.
May Is, 1900-in London, and we had
; joy and to spare to justify us. 1t was
not merely that Mafellirg YVES relieved
the town in which Baden-powell and
his men, edging close to starvation, had
sat tight so long and so pluc W it was
the far greater relief that came TO all
England at the end Of that dark win
ter through which all England silently,
doggedly had taken its nasty punish
ment with the winning at last of
substantial victory. The tense strain
was relaxed suddenly, and London.
with good cause for it. maffiked ex-
ultingly through all that glad night
long
Tiddlers are peacock tail feathers.
Tiddling is tickling other peoples
noses with them With my own hap
DIV eyes that night | saw two White
chapel girls, with proper Whtechapel
curls twirled on their temples. fiddle
the nose of Pail Mall policeman!
And that policeman-imagine, If you
please all possible impossibilities fused
into one single ultra violet ray of in
credibilty-fairly thrust forward his
law embodying nose to be tiddled by
those worsAthan regicides-he was
Pail Mall Sliceman, remember-and
benignly rewarded them with the
sneeze of their desired!
On the same lines l may cite another
example from that same evening.
saw on Piccadilly an intensely re-
spectacle looking Englishman-middle
aged, stout. gray whskered, dressed in
seemly black and wearing a seemly
top hat-who most obviously was
member of the conservative middle
class, a we'll to do city man, should
say, with a tidy villa at Shepherds
Bush or Hackney, who on Sundays
very likely handed the plate And
this by rights typically phlegmatic
Briton was seated, with his chubby
legs very wide outspread before him,
on the roof of four wheeler, and he
had the union jack In one hand and
the standard in the other, and he was
coming along the middle OF one of the
great streets of London in the thick of
the roaring crowd filing 1t waving
those national banners with an lncom-
parable fervor and hurrahing Just as
loud as he possibly could hurrahl
But saw no mote in the eye of my
phIegmatic English brother-we were
about of an age-fag waving and hur-
raining up there on the roof of his
growler, possibly because at the mo-
ment | had something of beam In
my own. Strictly speaking, the relief
Of Mafeking was not my affair ut ALL
But. God bless me- there l was. too,
with my standard and my union jack
Ghey cost me sixpence apiece, mount
ed on little bamboo poles, and as long
as live | shall cherish them). and
went about London that night waving
those flags just as crafty as anybody
and roared away with the national
anthem and SOLDIERS of the Queen"
and the "Absentminded Beggar" just
as loudly as anybody. Thomas A.
Janvier in Harper's.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
Of New York City
They Obey the Uniform,
Not the individual. and 10
Them Plain Clothes Cover
Undesirable Citizens. : ::

policeman, in civilian dress, was as
signed to snatch away the dish of food
just as each dog began to eat with a
relish and to do other tantalizing
things. In this way the dogs were
taught to look upon men in police uni
forms as their friends and to regard
all others with downright distrust
Every day at stated intervals the
dogs were taken out in the park for
exercise and training. Each dog was
muzzled. so that he could not bite. but
ne was left free to do all the barking
he liked. While Observation-Disclosures
would hold dog in leash one of the
patrolmen in an old suit of citizens
clothes would impersonate the bad
man to be captured. He would stink
around among the trees When Lieu
tenant Wakefield released the dog, with
the order, Attack there was imme-
date trouble for the man in plain
clothes. The dog assailed him fiercely,
: either tripping him up by twisting be-
tween his legs or bowling him over by
jumping against his back with the fif-
ty pounds avoirdupois of Mr.. Dog. The
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
Naval Nomenclature.

The animal world has been exten
sively drawn upon to furnish names
for various things on shipboard Such,
for example. are: "Flemish horse" a
short footrope under the yardarms:
''lizard,' short rope with a ring in
the end for use in tripping one OF
the lighter yards; hounds" part OF
the mast: "bul rope" a rope used in
hauling small spars into the rigging;
"cathead." protuherance from the
bow to which the anchor is hauled up;
''cat." the tackle used to haul the an
Choir to the cathead: fish" another
tackle used in securing the anchor; the
'leech" is The side Of . sqmre sail;
dolphin striker Il short spar perpen.
oIcular to and under the bowsprlt;
dogs ear" a piece OF SSH protecting
when sails are fi,r'al: "sna ke 20 joE
two ropes by zig7ag~ing 4 smalle- rope
between them. Il "Jarkass IS Ing
stuffed ball used to plug up holes to
K the water OFT.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
Snapshots at People
DR.. W. Seward Webb's Odd
Experience Allan Ryan,
Who VIII! Take Ills Fathers
Place Sulzer's Marriage.

that was a decided chestnut. When
the governor and his friend were in the
private office, the friend remarked:
Say, that was a fearfully old one
you got off just now"
II know it." was the reply
"Then why did you do it?" the puz
Zled friend asked.
Did you notice which of those fel
lows aughedf Well they are the ones
who have favors to ask"
Congressman William Sulzer of New
York, who recently surprised his
friends by getting married, was at first
reported to have eloped with his bride,
Miss Rodelheim of Philadelphia. 1t
was also said that the legislator fell
in love with her while she was nursing
him through an illness in a hospital.
The congressman corrected these re-
ports. saying:
81 met her in a hospital, but my only
ailment at that time was a case Of love
at first sight. which | hardly believe
she will be able to cure in our lifetime.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

WEbb Dllt. III. w eDU IL
a successful SPECTATOR in and out of
Wall street and has money and auto
mobiles to burn.
That Dr. Webb is a born Spectator
is indicated by little story told of
him. Some years ago his daughter
conceived the idea of proving her bust
ness ability. She paid $50 for brood
sow and made arrangements for hav-
ing the animal looked after on DR..
Webb's magnificent country estate of
5000 acres in Vermont The sow waxed
fat and multiplied. In three years Miss
Webb's profits had grown into hun
dreds of dollars The fourth year the
litter sold for 500. DR.. Webb con-
cluded to go into the pig line himself,
so he bought his daughter out and es-
tablished one of the biggest and best
appointed piggeries in the country.
Some years ago DR.. Webb bought a
tract of country in the Adirondacks
and made it into a splendid hunting
camp and preserve. There was a big
lake on the land called Smiths lake.
The new owner rechristened it Lake
Lila, after his wife. A man with mon
ey enough to bu re and change its
name. thus altelme the map of a coun-
ty, may be considered fairly well to do
Dr. Giuseppe Petacci, physician to
Pope Plus TX, is a highly important
dignitary in the papal household.
While his official salary is only $50 a
month, there are certain compensa-
tons in the way of honors which make
the post one greatly to be desired by
physicians. The man who looks after
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

DlOuSht ONCi Oiii
the famed old city of Client, in Bel
GUM, where eight years ago the first
dog policeman in history became
full ledged member of the force. Now
Ghentsha a regular dog squad. while
Paris has hundred dogs on her po-
lice force, and other European cities
use trained CANNES as thief catchers.
Some months ago the New York po-
lice department determined to investi-
gate the European dog police system
with view to adopting it in case it
should prove feasible. Many horrible
crimes had been committed by mis-
creants in lonely spots. the criminals
escaping 1t was believed that dogs
might render valuable aid in catching
these villains. Accordingly Police Lieu
tenant Wakefield, who was an expert
on dogs. was sent over to Belgium!
Wakefield thoroughly studied the dog
division of the Client police force
learning just how to educate the ca
mines for their duties in public life.
The American police officer several
times donned the uniform ana helmet
of the Client patrolman and walked a
beat. the regular patrolman being in
civilian clothing and serving as as
sistant in showing off the fine points
of the dog.
The chief thing that Lieutenant
Wakefield learned in dog education for
police duty was that the animal must
be taught to know and respect the po-
lice uniform rather than the man in
side it.
Wakefield bought five Belgian sheep
dogs six months old and brought them
across the sea. One died the day after
arrival. so to keep the force up to the
desired number an American canine
was added. The quintet of young
dogs was taken to an old residence in
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

BOLlCB DUG AIIAChlNG TRAMP.
dogs were taught to continue the at.
tack if the captive attempted to arise,
but if he lay still they were merely to
sit and guard him until the arrival Of
man in uniform Each dog learned
that he was to cease attack instantly
when the officer cried Down. Thus,
in case the dog should attack an inno
cent bystander just because said by
stander was not in police uniform, the
policeman could protect the citizen. or.
in the case of a guilty person. he could
preserve the prisoner, to be dealt with
by the courts.
1t is fully proved that the dogs re-
spect the uniform and not the man by
the fact that Patrolman Beekman. who
fed the animals twice a day during
their college course, was the same man
supposed crook The dogs leaped at
him vicously when ordered to attack.
but when Beekman was in uniform
they appeared to both venerate and
fear him
Lieutenant Wakefield found much
difficulty in procuring suitable police
dogs in Europe That fact should en-
courage our ambitious American dogs
Since one of the five police dogs in
New York is an American and has
proved that he can absorb police educa-
ton like a Belgian there is excellent
prospect that many of our own deserv-
ing dogs now running around out of
jobs owing to the financial stringency
or other causes may be elected to the
police force. All they have to do is to
make good.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

the physical welfare
of the spiritual ia
Their of so large a
portion of human
ity is a person of
distinction.
DR.. Petacci, like
his predecessors in
this office, was cho-
sen because of his
demonstrated skill
and ability in his
profession. He sue
ceeded the late DIR.
Giuseppe Lapponi,
who died shortly
after the new pope
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

Senator Joseph f. Johnston of Ala
bama, who succeeded the late venera.
bic Senator Pettus has a sense of hu-
NOR il nowise dulled by mature age
and white hairs Until Senator Will
liam J, Bryan of Florida. aged thirty,
entered the august body few weeks
ago Johnston claimed to be baby
senator" because he was one OF the
newest He is considerably more than
twice the age of Bryan
One of the stories which Senator
Johnston tells in the senate cloakroom
is a joke partly on himself and partly
on a society woman Of Birmingham.
where the senator lives in handsome
residence. One day Johnston was out
IN his garden hoeing some geraniums.
Being clothed to suit the occasion, he
did not present dignilied figure The
society lady. who was n newcomer and
did not know the distinguished citizen
by sight, sought to pay Mrs. Johnston
a call. Her ring at the door not being
answered she walked into the garden
to talk to the gardener.
"How long have you worked for the
Johnstons?" she inquired
"a good many years, madam"
"Do they pay you well?"
"Abont all get out of it is my
clothes and keep"
"Why, come and work for me-" she
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

Representative Theodore e. Burton
of Ohio. whose work in the interest of
rivers and harbors has made him a
national figure, is quite different from
the average congress. AN. He spends
his spare time. it is said, reading
French classics and English poetry
His bachelor apartments are strewn
with books. Burton is something of a
bookworm, though to excellent pur-
pose. When Mckinley was preparing
to write his famous tariff bill, Burton
supplied many OF the important facts
upon which the measure was based.
Mckinley appealed to Burton because
he knew that Burton knew.
But despite Burton's bookishness
and studiousness the man possesses
truly human qualities like the average
person. For one thing. he never for
gets Jim Jones or Sam Simpkins. Ir
Washington ii is told of Burton tina
once an apparent stranger called t,
see him
How do YOU do. Mr.. smith, wa
Burton's greeting You are-let m
see-you are Mr.. William Smith.
believe. Back in wait minute now
back in 1892 you sat with me on
platform at a meeting in the Twenty
third ward
And Mr.. William Smith gasped, fc
that was so. he ard Burton had ne
met since nor before. but Burton "ha
i1in spotted" 1t may be that Mr.. Bul
ton : systematic study has resulted 4
| ewing his memory such thoroua|
lining that II retains even trifia
lupressions like this
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
When Senator Johnston
Posed As Gardener-Sena.
tor Crane. the Farm Boy
aud the Turkey. :: :; &
.,No bad | nave. replIed ROGER,

No but have replied Roger"
Senator Crane was lieutenant gov
ernoT and governor OF Massachusetts
before his appointment to fill out the
unexpired term of the late Senator
Hoar Later he was elected to a full
term Before his senatorial career be-
gan he declined the post OF secretary
OF the treasury, it Is said because his
acceptance would have made it neces-
sary tor him to sell his paper mill His
mill manufactures, under contract. the
paper upon which our flexible currency
Is printed
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

tne nnancler 5 man.
tie of responsibility
will fall. is already
a member of the
New York Stock
Excha e, having
received his fathers
seat il 1905. He is
married and is in
business with one
of his four brothers
under the firm name
of Allan A. Ryan &
Bro. He is also
president of a type
writer company.
Thomas +. Ryan
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

There was NO elope-
ment, but we wish
ed to fool the peo-
pie who had eX-
pected t h a t W e
would have a big
wedding, and |
guess we did it.
Another reason
for our marriage at
Atlantic City was
my desire to carry
out a promise made
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

entered the Vatican. DR.. Lapponi be-
came famous as the physician of Pope
Leo XIII. during the latter years of
the aged pontiff's life.
The pope's physician wears uni
form prescribed by the regulations of
the papal residence. 1t may seem odd
to an American that one who CORE.
spends to family doctor should go
about the premises with sword dan
Cling at his heels. but it does not look
odd in the Vatican. where practically
everybody wears some sort OF uniform
Representative John A. Keliher Of
Massachusetts tells of a teacher in his
district who read "'rhe Ola Oaken
Bucket and then told the little one
to make three rawlings that would /
lustrate what they had heard one o.
the little chaps made Circle. tar
rude pals and some dots
"What is the circle, JohnnyY" IN
teacher asked.
"That's the we'll"
"And what are the three pails?"
zone is the old oaken bucket ore
the iron bound bucket, and oae is tn
moss grown bucket that hung IL tn
we'll"
sand what are the dotsY'
"Those," said Johnny, ARE the loved
spots which my infancy knew"
Joseph w. Folk. governor of Mis-
souri,. is just at present the proud pos
SCISSOR of two booms-one for the presi-
dency and the other for the United
States senate. He is willing to sue
coed Theodore Roosevelt as president
or William J. Stone as senator. He
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

Marcus Aurelius Smith, territorial
delegate from Arizona, tells story Of
girl who broke her engagement with
the man she was to marry.
"Why did you break your engage
mentT' asked a friend
"Oh,' she replied 81 just couldn't
marry a man with broken nose"
"But how did the poor chap get his
nose broken?"
"Why," said the young woman. 81
accidentally hit him with my brassie
when he was teaching me to play
golf"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

long ago to nthe WILLIAM eOL%Eh'
Rev. Herbert Gessner to allow him to
marry me should ever wed. We were
boys together in Elizabeth. n j., and
later, while we were classmates at Co
lumbia. | promised to let him marry
me when had picked out WIFE He
acknowledges that he had about given
up hope of ever fastening me with the
shackles of matrimony when myself
and my intended bride descended upon
him and asked to have the knot tied"
Martin w. Littleton. chief counsel for
Harry X. Thaw, is always in great de-
mand as an after dinner speaker and is
noted for his stories. "One day." the
lawyer said recently, 81 misbehaved
at the table, and my father told me to
go upstairs. I knew that meant he
would be around after awhile with Il
paddle. SO | got busy as soon as
reached the bedroom.
"When he came up he dumfounded
me by saying briefly. Take off YOU
pantsp began to whimper. 4 don't
want to- said |. He inspected me mar
rowly. Strikes me you look rather
stout said he.
Executing a flank movement, he
caught me over his knee and stripped
down my trousers. Under the first pair
he found another Under the second
pair he found another Under the
third pair he found another When he
got to the fourth pair he stopped and
said gravely:
"'How many pairs of pants did you
put onY
81 dunno; put on all of mine and
all of Jim's,' said | weakly.
''He burst out laughing, and from
that day on | never got licking. But
he used to talk to me when was bad.
taken half dozen lickings thankfully
rather than one of those grave earnest
lectures that made me feel ashamed
of myself for hours and hours after
ward
IL is dHHouHCeu tudt HOlHaS Il
Ryan, the noted New York fnancier,
is shortly to retire from active bust
ness and that he is coaching his third
son. Allan A. Ryan. to succeed him in
the commercial world. The elder
Ryan proposes to retire to his native
state, Virginia, with winter home in
Richmond and a summer home in Mel
son county
linn A RNnn ON MhAsn Shoulders