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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-03-12
Don Alfonso sali0
de Barcelona
De regreso a Madrid

Nueva York, jueves.-Esta manana ha sa-
lido ell rey para Madrid, despues de recibir en-
Barcelona Ell mas grande homenaje de simpatia
afecto populares.
Una gran multitud ha seguido al monarca
hasta que partio el tren real.
Las ovaciones han sido atronadoras.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-03-12
Sc vende

I'm condominio de mas de una
tercera parte en- la hacienda
Santa Rosa de Bayamon, Ia
cual Sc compone en- sd totalidad
de ochocientas cuerdaS.
Informes: Notaria de Con
zalez Darder, San Jose,8, altos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-03-12
EdmunCl0 de Amicis
ha muert0
Duelo EN- Paris

Nueva York, jueves.-Dicen de Paris que
ha fallecido anoche el exin1io escritor Edmun
do de Amicis.
En- Paris ha producido honda impression de
duelo, ell falleclmiento del gran escritor
FL domicilio de Edmundo de Amicis, esta
rodeado de una gran mutitud.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
Northwestern receipts


Northwestern receipts
Minneapolis: Today, 102; last week,
III; last year. 1874.
Duluth: Today, 81; last week, 90;
last year, SO.
Export clearances: Wheat and -four,
1900; corn, 1000; oats, none
Liverpool opening cabies-Wheat u
lower, corn unchanged.
Liverpool closed = Wheat rs lower
corn " higher.
New York stocts.
New York, May 21-Following are
the quotations ON the stock market to
day:
Gas 80. U. P. 149%, US. Steel pre-
ferred 1925, U. s. Steel common 1878
Reading 115A. Rock Island preferred
3SIs, Rock Island common 1917. South
ern Pacific S73s, N Y. Central log
Missouri Pacific 62A, L. & N. 1OS
Shelters 1915, C. F. 1. 30ss, Canadian
Pacific 1874, Illinois Central 1891
Penna 1925, Erie %, c.. & o. ASK, B
r. T. 51B, B. & o. 80, Atchison 1924
Locomotive 50H, Sugar 1904, st. Pau
1891, Copper 81. Republic Steel pre-
ferred GO, Republic Steel common Is
Southern Ry. 10.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21

That would be q case where to put
on more clothes would be to spoil the
picture, and no one would recognize
the Four Hundred at an opera with
arctic habiliments upon them. An
artist must be true to nature and he
must not be vulgar.
Nothing Is more confusing to per-
sons sense of propriety than to turn
quickly from the advertising section to
the body of the magazine and back
again as have seen persons do. The
mental picture of the young lady who
is Drawing the weather for the sake
of showing that bath tub can be
ornamental as well as useful is trans
ferred to the bucolic New England
story and we Anglo-Saxons are
shocked There is no other name for
it. It is very demoralizing to turn the
pages rapidly back and forth. One
should read the stories first and take
comfort in the thought that no decent
editor will allow any artist to picture
any kind Of vestiture that would not
go at Asbury Park. Then let him
brace himself and turn the leaves
that lead to the tropic ladies. 1t Is
still Anglo-Saxon, but it is advertising,
and the conventions are different in
that world.
A friend of mine who has no regard
for peoples feelings actually cut out
a number of the advertisements in the
back Of magazine that has led us
on to higher civilization for so years
or more, and when / saw he had done
it / applauded him. said: Good, old
man; they're better out" But the
graceless chap with diabolical ingenui
ty fitted each flannel lady and each
custodian of the bath into drawing
rooms devised by the staff artists OF
that magazine and / blushed for a
good half hour. We Americans will
not stand for semi-nudity in the wrong
place. It's all very we'll at the opera
or at ball or a swagger dinner, but
in the body OF a reputable magazine
the day will never come when it will
be considered respectable. And the
advertisers themselves will be the first
to agree with me.
Back to your celluloid tub, oh, lady
OF the bath! We who are reading the
serials will not look upon you.
Copyright, by James Pott & Coz
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
.IVE BEHN THANKING
3 g<s.' f 1s,5,-

and dares to stand for Anna Hamlin
she will be shown her place at once.
because the American public will not
stand for anything vulgar.
No, indeedl
What would happen II another lead
ing novelist said in the course of his
serial that Grace Hastings attributed
her good health to the fact that she
always took a cold bath every morn
ing" and the art editor in order to
save expense put in that familiar cut
of a lady bathing in the Jinkins' port
able celluloid bath tub?
Why, Anthony Comstock would foam
at the mouth. And rightly so. But
we are all so grateful at the absence
of dialect in the advertising sections
of our magazines that we let that lady
stand in her tub throughout the IL
months without uttering a word OF
protest.
When I was a child was taught
that 1t was not nice to speak about
corsets. If l had to mention them
l must call them bodices or stays or
Il forget what the third alternative
was. l know | used to go out into the
backyard and boiler "corsets" just be-
cause l thought it was pretty awful.
But our advertising men have
changed all that. They not only talk
about corsets, but they show us pic
lures of them, and, to go still further,
they show US pictures of them in use.
The old convention as to the men,
ton Of corsets has also disappeared
from fiction and one might easily
come across such a sentence as this:
Miss Postlethwaite had a wasp-like
waist and there were not wanting
those who said her corsets caused her
agony"
But what would happen If picture
of Miss Postlethwaite's boudoir were
shown with rouge ct noir (for the
| cheeks and eyebrows) on her bureau
and she herself fitted into one of Hug
gems papier-mache corsets?
l know I'd stop my subscription at
once.
Suppose, for an instant, that an ar
fist were told to go to the Metro
politan opera house and draw a pic
! ture of the Four Hundred in their
boxes, six in box, making something
| like 81 boxes-with the lids off, Sup
pose that instead of drawing them in
| proper evening dress-a dress re
| quiring IS degrees Fahr.-he used g
lot of pictures from the advertising
section and put them in Jigger fan
nels, would he keep his position on the
staff a moment? No, Of course not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21

a little talk that may not do him any
harm. Every man knows that he ought
not to be cruel to an animal, but some
times we know thing so well that we
forget it. Some men have passed all
have overlooked all of the little ones.
And the hardest thing to convince
man of is the thing he already knows.
It's no use to talk to you about the
intelligence and faithfulness of dog;
you know all that as well as l do, but
just want to ask you this: What has
that dog got to look forward to except
voice he finds the color of life--dark
or light. When you frown 1t is cloudy
weather for him; when you smile it
doesn't make any difference to him
how the rain pours or how the snow
flies. He is ready to go with you. The
night can't be too dark nor the wind
too bitin' When you want to go out
the most cheerful fire would be I'M
comfortable for him. Talk about the
influence of a man in his fam
lily! Talk about ownership! Why,
you own the dogs body and
he gladly makes you present of
his soul The Bible teaches US to for
give, and in this the dog is more re-
ligious than man. You may say that
this comes through fear, but the dog
is not afraid to give his life for you;
and I don't want to hurt your feelin's
here on my own land, but I've always
noticed that the Teller that will beat
dog will cheat man IL he gets a
right good chance"
Look here, old fellow, you may be
going too far. never cheated a man
in my life."
and I was goin' to add that the
man that would beat dog would also
Lief you Sive him the chance" said
the old man.
What, and You mean that you have
given me the chance?"
The companions began to laugh and
old Limuel quietly chuckled. "Well,
I'm liberal enough to give . man al
most any sort Of q chance he may be
lookin' for. BY the way. what's your
business?"
II run coal yard"
Sell coal. Now that can be made
as honest business AZ any in the
world. But don't you sometimes guess
at the weight of a ton?'
Well. not exactly guess at It. I've
been in the business so long that !
can come pretty close to ton by look.
ing at it."
Then you guess at It; and did you
ever know one of those close guessers
to guess on the wrong side? It's like
the man that makes mistake in Civ
In change usually makes it in his
own favor This may be honest, you
know-makin' a mistake in your own n
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21

vor-but it comes out of an underlyin'
principle of selfishness. And, before I
forget it, let me say that I've always
noticed that the Teller that beats a
dog is one likely in a perfectly honest
way to short-change you.
A man may be honest as to dollars
and cents and at the same time cruel
I knew man who always paid his
debts, but who beat his wife. Honesty
and gentleness are not always COM
panions. But the cruelty that applies
to the dog seems to be different from
any other sort. When the dog sees
by your countenance or understands
from your voice that he has done
wrong he throws himself completely
on your mercy, and If in his struggles
to get away he should bite your hand,
is to permit him to lick the wound.
Just look at that dog now. No man
in the hot sun ever thirsted for water
more than he thirsts for kind word
from you.
Il was readin' in book where an
old man says to king: You can
shorten all my days, but you can't
grant me one hour of life Over this
dog you've got more power than that,
for with a word you can kill his soul
or bring it to life. You may arguy
that dog hasn't got soul, but when
man is possessed in full degree Of
the very qualities exhibited daily by
| the average dog we speak of the de-
| velopment Of his soul. Dogs fight
over bone Men fight over money.
4 A dog is deceitful in order that he
may be more pleasant in the eyes of
his master. Man studies politeness
and politeness isn't anything but a
| creditable form Of deceit.
"a dog is the only thing that glori-
| fies his slavery. A boss works for
what he eats. He's always got his
mind on the stable. A dog works to
give pleasure to his master. He is the
only animal that enjoys joke because
the man does. He studies a man SO
| close that he Is q mind reader. When
| you get up of mornin' he knows your
temper the moment he sets eyes on
you. Old man Cartwright out here
declared that his dog knew in a mo-
ment when he had protested religion;
and Cartwright told me, says he: The
dog quit chasin' rabbits on Sunday
after this. He'd walk about the yard
as solemn as any presidin' elder you
ever saw, but the minute l cussed q
COW and lost my religion, one Sunday
why the dog he jumped over the fence
and started out trackin' rabbit
Well, make friends with your truesi
friend there, and go ahead"
The dog was listening. The hunter
turned toward him and smiled. The
grateful animal leaped forward with
his eyes .beaming, strove to embrace
hts master, and then, with new spirit
sprang over the fence to take up his
neglected work "Old gentleman" said
the hunter, I'm not as bad fellow as
you think am"
"oh, | guess you're all right, but you
are Sc bent on your own enjoyment
that you donst think enough of others
and want to say that dogs are
othersy ~s--s
| arrsS (copyriGAt bx or,e Heady :. s
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21

A bird hunter, having become en-
ragged at his dog, seized him by the
collar, snatched up stick and ad-
ninistered to him an unmerciful beat
ing. On the fence not far away sat
old Linn Jucklin, and he called to the
hunter: "By the way. there, when you
get through with that dog, and if you
amt In too big hurry to go some
where else, I'd like to say something
to you. / have an idea that it may do
you good"
81 don't know that I've got any too
much time for you, old man." the hunt
er replied.
well, didn't ask for too much
time. 1t won't take me long to tell you
what think"
The hunter came slowly forward,
and at the same time two Of his COM
panions, having overheard what had
been said, came out of the corn field
and, speaking pleasantly to the old
man, waited for him to proceed with
their friend. The dog, true to the in
stfncts of his generous race, came up
to renew his promises of eternal a.
deity.
What is 1t you want with me?" the
hunter inquired. "As said before,
haven't much time"
"Ah, hail." replied the old man, "but
you've got the time to quit your bust
ness whatever 1t may be and to come
over here and to hunt on my land
without ever havin' asked for the per.
mission" ~
Il beg your pardon, sir; didn't
know this was your land
Yes, that's the trouble with such
fellers as you are-you never know
However, don't mind your huntin'
on my land, but as long as pay
taxes on it you shan't beat your dog
on 1t. Don't be impatient, now, and
listen a minute to what I've got to say
don't set myself up as q lecturer
you understand, but once in while
drop into talk, If the occasion brings
1t up, and the occasion happens to dc
30 Just at present. Why did you beat
the dog?"
Flushed bird when he had nc
business to-"
ut come out of his eagerness and
his enthusiasm l reckon. And while
he was a workin' for you, too. Some
times you get so excited that you
shoot too quick, don't you? All, hah,
I'll bet you do. But you lay 1t to the
keenness Of your blood and don't look
on it as crime. But you think that
yoursdog ought to have more self-con-
troll and a reader exercise of reason
than you've got. And, as general
thing, bet he has"
He's putting it on you, JIM" said
one Of the companions go ahead, old
man, we'll make film take it,"
"oh. there amt much to take-just
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21

men and women of the stories, be-
cause the standard of proper dressing
is very different in the first 100 pages
of the magazine from what it is in the
remaining $50.
In the matter of language I think
that the general average Is higher
in the advertising sections, because
dialect is practically unknown there.
but the way the ladies (don't) dress
would be enough to cause flutter in
the pages OF the most unconventional
story that one could find in repu-
table magazine.
No one ever seems to be shocked at
seeing ladies walking around in the
advertising sections in patent under
wear, and perhaps no one ought to be
shocked-unless 1t Is bachelors-but
suppose you read in serial of
Howells' that anna Hamlin was in
no danger from pneumonia because
she always wore common-sense wear
ing apparel underneath that which is
visible to the outer world (see how
carefully one has to express himself
in the body Of magazine?) and a
picture of Miss Hamlin were inserted
at that place, one taken from the adj
vertising section and with which the
whole reading public is familiar. What
q chorus of indignant protests would
go up from outraged readers at the
yulgarization Of the magazine.
I tell you that circumstances win
continue to alter cases whenever they
can-thats what circumstances are
for; and IL an impudent young hussy
strays in from the advertising pages
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
Today's Quotations on Provisions, LIv
Stock, Feed and Fuel.

Today's Quotations on Provisions, Live
Stock, Feed and Fuel.
Rock Island. May 21.-Following are
the wholesale prices in the local mar
ket today:
Provisions and Produce.
Eggs-Fresh, 14c.
Live Poultry-Spring chickens. 10c
per pound: hens, per pound. 9; ducks,
per pound, &c; turkeys, per pound
lac; geese, per pound. Sc.
Butter-Dairy, 1Sc.
Lard-10c.
neutrality-suspicious.. soc TO 55c.
Live Stock.
Hogs-S5.00 to $5.35.
Sheep-Yearlings or over, $500 to
$500; lambs, 81 SO to sG.75.
Cattle-Steers, $500 to 5000: cows
and heifers, $500 10 $500; calves, $500
to $3.50.
Feed and Fuel.
Grain-Corn, 75c TO re; oats, SOC
to 53c.
Forage-Timothy hay, $11 to $13;
prairie. $500 to $1,000; clover, $1,000
to $11.00; straw, 5000.
Coal-Lump. per bushel. lac; slack
per bushel. &c to SC.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
Action of the Brain,

At recent meeting of the Royal So
ciety of Canada, Sir James Grant, M.
d., presented paper on the
nurons and cells of the brain in
their relation to the faculty of men,
ory, and after stating that as with
the other tissues of the body, so with
the cells of the brain, evidence of les
sening power and activity appears
with the passage of years. he added
the very interesting statement that
the line of present investigation dem
onstrates that the electrical current
through the brain rotates its mole
cules to such degree as to produce
a most notable physiological response
in the direction of improved memory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
SIX ARE SERIOUSLY
HURT IN AUTO SPILL
Car Turns Turtle and Rolls Down Bank
Near South Bend With Seri-
Gus Result.

South Bend, Ind, May 21.-Sudden-
.ly becoming unElanageable a big As
horse power touring car carrying a
party OF six darted from the road four
miles from the city yesterday evening
turning turtle, and rolled down a steep
|embanfment, badly injuring the follow.
ing occupants:
E. r. Wills, secretary of the Ameri-
can Trust company; serious.
Samuel Leeper, president of the
American Trust company
| Samuel Good, real estate broker;
condition serious,
Samuel Lentz. coal dealer.
John c. Ellsworth, dry goods mer
chant
H. Gerard, chauffeur.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21

H A v q Oft e n
wondered J W h a I
would happen IL
some of the ladies
who unblushingly
meet our gaze in
the advertising
sections Of our
magazines, q n d
W b o Dire s 8 n o
more warmly in
winter than in
summer, were to
invade the body Of
t h cir respective
publications.
l think that
there would be a
general rush for
tall timber on the
part of the self
respecting heroes
and heroines and
z en- eral utility
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21

Receipts today: Wheat, 90; corn,
217; oats. 145; hogs, $4,000; cattle,
$500; sheep, 1900
Estimated receipts Friday: Wheat,
IS; corn. 1877; oats, 1S3; hogs, 10000
Hog market opened strong &c high.
err. Hogs left over 5000. Light
S5.30@5.65; mixed and butchers. $5.45
@5.70; good heavy, s53505.70; rough
heavy, $5.30@5.45.
Cattle market opened steady.
Sheep market opened steady.
Omaha: Hogs. $4,000; cattle, 5000
Kansas City: Hogs. 1900; cattle
1000. ~
Hog market closed steady. Light
$50 a $50; mixed and butchers, S5.35
@5.75; good heavy S5.3Q@5.72; rough
heavy, S5.S0@5.45.
Cattle market closed strong.
Sheep market closed steady.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
THE MARKETS.

Chicago, May 21.-Following are the
larket quotations today:
Wheas.
May, 1914, 1925, 1O1, 1902.
July, 80, 907s. sc, sos.
September, SG1a, S7H. S6ss. S67s.
Corn.
May. 771a, rs, 77ls. TN.
July, 6GA, 66h, &C, &C,
September, G4A, G411, 64A. GAYS.
Oats.
May, So, 55A, 54A. So.
July, 46&, AZ, 1914, 1879.
September, S71a, S71a, S71s, 37A.
Pork
May, 1852, 1857. 1852, 1857.
July, 1870. 1877. 1867, 1872.
September, 1895. 14.02. 1895, 1897.
Laro.
May, S.45, $50, S.45, $50.
July, S.55. S.57. S.55. S.57.
September. $40. S.75, SIC, S,75.
Ribs.
May, closed 1921.
July, 737, ZAP. 7.37, 7.42.
September, 1862. 7.67, $50, 7.65.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
LONG SUNDAY SCHOOL HEAD
kewanee Man Who Is Dead Believed
to Have Held Worlds Record.

Kewanee. Ill, May 21.-O. II. Loom
is, aged sc, pioneer business man, died
yesterday. He had been a Sunday
school superintendent longer than any
other person in the world, according
to statements by church societies. For
G2 years he had been head of the Con
gregational Sunday school,
Beer That Is Beer.
(. II you want to drink good beer, order
the Davenport Mailing company's pale
export. Delivered anywhere in Rock
Island. Both phones, north 1859.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-23

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ia
hles. The tides at Kahului and Hilo
occur about one hour earlier than al
Honolulu. Honolulu standard time is
10 hours 80 minutes slower than Green
wich time, being that of the meridian
of 157 degrees 80 minutes. The time
Times of the tide are taken from the
whistle blows at 1870 p. m. which is
the same as Greenwich, hours, 0 min
utes. The Sun and Moon are for Local
time for tire whole group.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-23

From Colonies, Aorangi, April 20.
From Victoria, Mariana, May g.
From Orient, America Maru, May 2.
From S. F., Hongkong Maru, May 2,
U. s. A. TRANSPORTS.
Thomas left Hon. for Manila Mar. a..
Logan at San Fran.
Buford left Hon. for S. F., April 10.
Dix in port.
Sherman left Hon. for Manila, April 16.
Warren at Manila.
Crook left Nagasaki, April IL.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-23
PASSENGERS.
Arrived.

Per S. S. Korea, April %, from Orient
for Honolulu-K. Abe, Mrs. X. Abe,
child and servant, Mrs. G. s. Achilles
and child, Miss Helen Achilles, Judge
J. H. Beatty, Mrs J. II. Beatty, Ian
tKau Chun, W. j. Dickey Mrs. w. j.
Diclley, Master Bernard Dickey, Mas
ter Frank Dickey, Master James Dickey
Miss A. brahms, J. F. Giffard, b. G..
Holt, Miss c. NJ. Kelly, c. Y. lie Bias.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-23
Shipping in Port

= = -
(Army and Navy)
U. S. S. Iroquois, Carter, Midway
March 81.
(Steamships).
p. M. S. S. Korea, Sandberg, Orient
April %.
(oaIl1ns VesseIs1.
Am. SC. Andy Mahony, Grays Har-
Dor, March 20.
Am. sp. John Ena, Madsen, Norfolk,
April 2.
Am. blk. Andrew WEIGH, Kelly, San
Francisco, April ~.
Am. bkt. Klikitat, Cutler, Port Gam
Bile, April 8.
Am. sp, Dirigo, Goodwin, Baltimore,
April 16.
Russ. sp. Dundee, Gustafson, Leith
April 16.
Br. sp. Celtic, Monarch, Thomas,
Hamburg, April II.
Am. blk. Foohng Suey, Banfield, New
York, April IS.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-23
CHRONIC DIARRHoEA CURED.

Some physicians claim that chronic
diarrhoea cannot be cured. Don't you
believe it. There are incurable cases,
but none so bad that they cannot be
helped by Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, and even tenn
porary relief means much to one so
sorely afflicted. For sale by all dealers
Benson, Smith & Co., agents for Ha-
vain.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-23
tn, April for SO years.
TEMPERATURE.
Us years 1S9O-19O7.l

Mean or normal temperature, Is deg.
The warmest month was that of 1898,
with an average Of rs deg.
The coolest month was that of 1898,
with an average of II deg.
The highest temperature was sc deg.
on the 25th. 1893.
The lowest temperature was SO deg.
on the 21st. 1899.
PRECIPITATION.
Grain 81 years, 1874, l9O5-7)
Average for the month, 2.33 inches.
Average number of days with .01 o
an inch or more, 10.
The greatest monthly precipitation
was 1896 inches in 1890
The least monthly precipitation was
O.1S inch in 1906.
The greatest amount of precipitation
recorded in any "a consecutive hours
was $50 inches on the Both, 1885.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
Average a. M. 6S per cent; aver
age p. m. "a per cent (1S93-190D.
Average 8 a. m. 65 per cent; average
8 p M, 50 per cent (1905-7)
CLOUDS AND WEATHER.
Us years, 1S9O-19O7)
Average number of clear days, II;
partly cloudy days, IA; cloudy days, 5
WIND.
Direction, % years; velocity, 8 years.
The prevailing winds are from the
NE, (1S75-94, 19O5-7.)
The average hourly velocity of the
wind is "a miles (1905-7)
The highest velocity of the wind was
SO miles from the NE, on the Sd, 1905,
(1905-7.)
Station: Honolulu, r. II.
Date of issue: March 81, 1908.
80 o'clock averages from records OF
Territorial Meteorologist; 8 o'clock av-
erages from Weather Bureau records.
VIM. B. STOCKMAN,
Section Director, Weather Bureau.