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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-08-22
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Ell q de Enero

Nueva York, sabado.-Se ha hecho publico
T,or la Secretaria de Estado de Washington,
s1ue las tropas las autoridades de la 1nterven-
ci6n abandonaran la isa de Cut el ~ de Enc
TO. entregando el gobierno de su pals los
&cubanos
El informe es de riguroso origen Official
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-08-22
= = asxiwex del
general Castro


M eva York. sabado-Avisan de Caracas
que el general Castro ha enviado una nota" al
gobierno de La Haya. concediendole IN plazo
de cuarenta y ocho horas para indemnizar i
Venezuela dar su gobierno las expIicaciones
|exigidas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-08-22
R-a canelIdatura de Mont0ro


Nueva> York, sabado.-Se hacen activas Y
sempenadas gestiones por los elementos directo-
res del partldO Conservador cubano, fin dc
COnSeguir que retiren sus candidat 1ras los Sc
nores MenOCal Lanuza, para sostencr la del
oerninente orador Montoro que tiene una IN
1nensa popularidad.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-08-22
e. calor. err Londres


Nueva York sabado- lnforman lie Lon
dres que el calor Sc deja sentir con una violen-
cia extraordlnaria, causando varias victimas.
Fl calor es verdaderamente asflxiador
En- Londres Sc hace impossible II vida las
clases pobres.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-05-06
Lilacs

One of the first shrubs to blossom
this spring will be the lilac, which
deservedly is among the most popular
of plants. It may wei be called a
queen of shrubs, and is a favor lite
because of its remarkable hardihood,
the SNOWY clusters of its abundant and
fragrant blossoms, and its patience
under cultural abuse.
The common lilac (Syringa yul-
geris1 is the most common in the
gardens, and from it have sprung a
large number of snowy forms which
are grown iA parks and by more ex-
pert gardeners. While the lilac grows
in almost any soil, 10 obtain best re
suits it should be planted in rich, well
drained soil, somewhat heavy with a
little clay in it if possible.
The Amoor lilac is one of the more
snowy varieties which should have
more general favor. 1t is tail, slen-
der shrub, 10 10 II feet in height
which unfolds its leaves very early IN
the spring an6 produces large clus-
ters of yellowisn white flowers We Y
early in June It retains its deep
green &c, iage well through the season.
The Persian lilac is the lowest
growing variety which is well known
in this country It grows from four
to seven feet in height and has very
slender branches which form a grace
full outline The flowers are pale pur-
pie and there is also a white flower
ing form.
More than 200 named varieties Of IL
laos have been produced by hybridists
during recent years. the new varieties
far surprising the parent kind in
RANGE of brilliant colors, double flow
e,s. size of the clus rs and other
chara cteristic.s
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-05-06
THE WOMEN OF NICE.

Many of the cocottes of Paris
spend their winters in Nice and
Monte Carlo and these are to be seen
promenading, dressed in the height of
fashion, for the modistes of Paris
furnish the gowns of advance styles
to the handsome French women, who
carry them well enough to attract at
tention to the particular color and
deIsign. and thereby inaugurate a
fashion which proves profitable to
the modistes. Parasols of every
known shade and many of them GOV.
cred with priceless lace, bob along
like eorks on wave. Some of the
parasols this year were fitted with
shepherds crook handles, and were
used as STATS by the fair owners.
Apparently every woman and girl in
Nice either buys, begs or borrows a
dog of some kind for no other pur-
pose than to put big bow on his
neck and to show him off on the
promenade, where he tows the owner
along like a disabled yacht. Grande-
mere and gradpere catch the infec-
ton of dress and frivolity, and they
come tripping along as gayly be-
decked and as irresponsible looking
as any of the younger set.-Leslies
Weekly.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-05-06
HERMIT KINGDOM
IS WAKING UP
WILL PROTECT REMAINING FOR
EsTs AND PLANT NEW
ONES.
HAVE BEEN EXPLOITED AND
NEGLECTED ALL TOO
LONG.

Korea, the Hermit Kingdom is
waking up TO the necessity of protect
ing is remaining forests and re-
planting denuded tracts on important
watersheds. Japan is furnishing the
inspiration and part of the money
which win produce. the change from
the old order of things to the new.
A school for training Korean forest
ers has already been put in opera
ton
| The two governments drew up a
cooperative agreement last spring
and outlined q plan for the wise use
Of the forests in the Yalu md Tumen
valleys and as a result national for
est policy for Korea has been devel-
ioped. The new Korean forest laws
are similar to those of Japan, ac-
lcording to United States Consul-Gen-
ieral Thomas Samons, of Seoul,
Although Korean forests have been
Exploited and neglected, and the
icountry has suffered severely from
drouth. foods, and erosion, the de-
inudation is less serious than in
/ neighboring provinces of China One
lof the first measures to be taken up
Twill be the preservation of such
wooded tracts as yet remain. In or
der TO do this the government has
taken all forests under lis care,
whether they are publicly or pri-
lyateiy owned The owners will not
/ be deprived of their property without
compensation, but the government
win regulate the cutting of timber,
and in certain cases may prohibit all
cutting on tracts which ought to re-
main timbered, ito prevent floods,
drouths, iandslides, and to preserve
lunimpaired the scenic attractiveness
of places of public resort" All own
,ers OF timberland and all 1easeholders
are required to report to the govern
Iment their holdings in order that the
property may be listed and cared for.
Failure to report within year sub
jects the forest to forfeiture
The forested area of Korea is about
t2,500000 acres which is only one
tenth of the land on which forests
Iougnt TO be growing. Extensive TIM
Ibered tracts remain in the northern
part of the country on the waters of
the Yalu and Tumen rivers, and Ium-
Der operations are carried on in the
mountain districts. But in the agri-
cultural sections of the country wood
lis very scarce and the fuel problem
lis serious. Coal and other mines
have been opened by Americans, and
one of the most pressing needs is
timber for use in and about the
mines. In that country, as elsewhere,
large quantities of timber are neces-
sary in developing mining property,
and it is noteworthy that a country
as backward industrially as Korea
can put into practice the principle
that the only sure way of getting tim
Der is to grow it.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-05-06

marked an advance on that policy
adopted at the outset of our national
career as to demand the considera-
ton of 10th federal and state spon-
sors for the welfare of the people =
President to Dine Governors.
There viii be two sessions of the
conference each day-at 10 O'Clock
and at 2:39 in the afternoon. On the
evening before the conference assem-
bles, the president viii give a dinner
to the governors. at which members
of the cabinet, the supreme court OF
the United States and the inland
waterways commission will be pres.
.ent The sessions viii continue three
days, May IS, IA and 10.
The conference viii be made up OF
the governors and the three represen.
tatives the governor of each state
has leen asked to name; the cabinet
the inland waterways commission
the congress, and the presidents as
the official representatives of some
thirty or forty great national organi
cations which are peculiarly inter
ested in the question of the conserya
ton of national resources.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-05-06
Only a 0irt's Love
Contlnued.
Jasper hesitated.
By CHARLES GARVICE


Suppose you keep an eye upon hin
generally until, say one O'Clock, thei
come back to me. | want to know his
movements, sou understand. scriyeIl!'
i understand, sir." was the answer
ANY name?"
Jasper hesitated a moment and a
faint color came into his face. Some.
how he was conscious Of a strange re-
luctance 10 mention the name -her
name; but he oyercame It,
Yes, Etheridge.' he said quietly,
"but that doesn't after Don't make
any inquiries at the hotel or elsewhere.
If you can help it,
Very good. sir. said the man. and
noiseiessly he turned and left the
room.
Little did Stella, dreaming IN the
cottage by the sweet smelling mead
ows and the murmurlng river, think
that The first wool Of the web which
Jasper Adestone was spinning for he's
was commenced that night IN the grim
chambers OF I.Incolns Inn.
AS little did Lady Wyndward guess,
as she lay awake, vainly striving 10
lind some means OF eyerting tie cons,~
quences OF her sons 'infatuaton' for
the painters niece. that keener AMI
less scrupulous mind had already set
To work IA The same direction
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-05-06
TO RESTRICT TOBACCO USERS.
A Habit Most Offensive To Most
People.

: ohm C. Medley in Sacramento Bee.
! p per from Grove L. Johnson, asking
Hi the gentlemen from San Francisco
we're getting to be hoodlums, because
hey smoked in the presence of wo-
men, asked that question of myself
once several years ago, while residing
in Sacramento with reference to the
gentlemen of your city. The occasion
was the conventions of the Christian
Endeavorers which met in California
several years ago. A reception COM
mittee met the incoming delegates at
the Sacramento depot and entertained
them during their brief stop-over re-
ealing them with fruits and flowers,
and specimens and evidences of our
civilization and devotion to Christian
work. A reverend gentleman who was
on the reception committee, talking to
a bevy of eastern women dressed in a
little abobtailed coat and wearing
straw hat dipped down into his hip
pocket, took out his tobacco pouch
and rolled a cigarette. lifted his right
leg, scratched a match on the seat of
his pantaloons and proceeded to scent
the air with incense of somebody's
best brand blowing the smoke out
through his aspiring nostrils.
Personally l was shocked. l do not
know how the Christian women from
the cultured east were effected by the
incident, | used to attend that church
occasionally but since that time, even
in the presence of the surplice and
the mitre | could not shut out the Wis
ion of lifted leg; and ignited match
and the smell of birthstone in the
air 1t as too suggestive.
l have often wondered in San Fran
cisco why almost everybody must
smoke on the streetcars. 1t would
seem that most smokers reserve this
indulgence until they get into a crowd
d I imagine it is a kind of fashion.
ab fad, or a show-off something to
.nfpress their fellow man. For the first
thing when a person, who imagines
he is a gentleman, and who would re.
~ent forcibly any intimation to the
contrary, enters a car, is to dip into
his pocket, bite eff the end or a fresh
cigar and proceed to exhale through
his nasty nostrils the result OF the
vile combustion not caring If the fetid
aud decaying doors of bad digestion,
or worse, assails the sensitive oIfac.
tories of cleaner people, who prefer
to be uncontaminated with his infect
i've ~eath, 1t is not a pleasant thing
to have this vile, sinking. exhalation
drifting into your face, but If you 20
into the public anywhere you can not
escape it
Mr.. Johnson is a law-maker. and IL
he will introduce a bill to compel
smokers to so into the privacy Of their
own chambers and smoke TO their
hearts content, am with him. But l
apprehend and assert that a smoke in
the dark when no one is looking on.
would be very stale. fat and unpront-
able, and the practice would soon die
out Il is only fad. but even If a nee
essity. the habitual smoker should
be taught and compelled 20 respect
the rights and feelings Of his fellow
neighbors. I could tell a long story
about the fight against the tobacco
aend and am proud OF the fact that 7 !
was instrumental In having the tobae.
co ordinance against selling cigarettes
70 children passed in Sacramento city.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-05-06
THE TWO eARps.

Why do YOU write?" / asked the bard
Whose rhymes were bad, whose lines
were hard
To read-whose tragedy was slush,
His wit obscure, his pathos gush.
With a tense look he raised his
head
Because | am inspired" he said.
why do you write?" / asked the bard
Whose fragrant verse was never
married
BY one false note; whose poems fine
Breathed genius true in every line.
With a calm smile he raised his
head
They pay me for the stuff" he said.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-05-06

smile; and he glanced at the slip Of
paper. Wen, perhaps you'd better
tell me all. hadn't you?"
4 think l had" assented the cap
tain. We'll the youngsters name Is
-Etheridge?"
"Ether-how do you spell IL"
asked Jasper, carelessly.
The captain spelt IL.
mot a common name. and he's any
thing but common boy; he's a hand
some yonngster, and / couldn't help
plying him, because he has been l,.fl
TO himself so mGch-no friends, and
al that sort Of thing.
"How's that2g asked Jasper. With
his eyes cast down, hungry eager
ness eating a. his heart. There was
some mystery after all. then. aboul
the Old mani
Wei, it is this way. 1t seems he 5
the son OF an old mana painter, 81
writer. or something. who lives away
in the country, and WHO can't bear
this boy near him
''Why?" asked Jasper examining his
nails
Because he's like his mother" sd
the captain, simply
And She" said Jasper, softly.
she ran away with another man.
and left her boy behind
4 understand"
owes Y-oav,r,es9 tba carfa4n 4TTa
iual thing, the husband, this boys
father. was awfuIly cut up; left the
world and buried himself and sent the
boy away, treated him very well,
though, all the same; sent him .
Elton, and to Cambridge. under the
care OF a tutor, and that sort Of thing.
but couldn't bear 10 see him. He's up
now for the holidays-the boy /.
mean"
Il understand" said Jasper. in a
low voice. "Quite a story, isn't it?
And paused 10 throw the piece
LOT paper on the fire-"do you think the
boy has communicated with the father
ever since?"
Heaven knows-not unlikely. He
said something about telegraphing.
oh, yes; just so, said Jasper. care
lessly We'll, it viii be inconyenient
but | suppose must do what you
want. The sooner we get this over
the better" and he sat down and
drew out his check book.
Thanks, thanks muttered the cap
tain 4 didn't think a good fellow
like you would stand back, 1 didn t, in
deed!"
Il ought not to do it." murmured
Jasper, with a shake OF the head, as
re rang the bell.
Take this letter to Murphy, and
wait. scriyell," he said
ScriYeu disappeared noiselessly.
BY the way" said Jasper, have
you mentioned this to any one except
ing me?"
Not 10 soul replied the captain;
and you bet, | shall not, of course"
"Of course said Jasper, with a
smile; II wouldn't be worth spending
a hundred and fifty to hush it up II
you did. Mention such thing TO one
excepting me. OF course, -
and he smiled and you let the
whole world know Where did you
get all this information"
From Bellamy, the boys chum,
said the captain He asked me to
look him up occasionally"
II see" said Jasper You won't
mind my writing o letter or two, win
your"
Go on" said the captain, lighting
the fifth cigarette.
Jasper went to a cupboard and
brought out a small bottle of cham
payne and couple Of glasses.
The generous glow of so virtuous
an action-whick blythe way is
strictly illegal--suggests something to
drink he said, with smile.
I don't as a rule" said Jasper, with
a dry smile win you slip that bolt
into the door?
To be continued.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-05-06
On the Rail

| Roads running east from Chicago
seem to be all at sea regarding the
policy to be adopted on the testing
of the constitutionality of the 2-eent
maximum rate laws passed by maay
Of the states. The matter was taken
out of the hands of the passenger
officials by their executive officers
some time ago.
The passenger men claim that the
experience of the last six months has
demonstrated clearly that no difficulty
would be experienced in knocking out
the laws were the matter to be pre-
scented properly to the federal courts.
Revenues derived from passenger
service we're not sufficient to pay the
! Expenses thereof and leave n reason
able resura to the investors in rail
road properties. The passenger men
claim that 1t is not their figures that
| they rely upon to make this r'anifest.
! but those collected and disseminated
! by the railroad commissions of the
states.
! Why the executive officers hesitate
the passenger men declare they do
not understand. 1t may be they are
afraid to arouse further popular hos
ltility, which might be expressed
though further legislation regarding
/ freight rates. The average execu-
tive officer despises passenger traffic,
anyway. and they may think it better
to let sleeping dogs lie than endanger
that TO which they look for the bulk
Of their revenues by arousing them.
Some OF the eastern roads are said
to be working out system Whereby
the National Education association
not only will give rate OF one-hatf
cents mile FOR the round trip for It's
annual convention. which is to be
held this year at Cleveland, but wa
continue to receive the 81 member
ship fee which the roads IN past
years collected for it without getting
into conflict with the ruling OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission that
4, is Illegal for the roads to colleet
this fee in connection with the sale
Of tickets and then turn ever the
amount thus collected in gross sum
to the association.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-05-06
possn,, Seem TO E4elp.
I am suffering from kleptomania.

How long have you had it
Il haven't had it at all, ii is my
well+O-io-customers who have it
wouldn't ii be possible to have them
take something for it?"
That IS usually the trouble with
those suffering from kIeptomania, they
take too much for it."-Houston Post.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-05-06
According 10 Orders.

How do you do,' exclaimed the
letter carrier. as he greeted the auc-
tioneer I'll
4 do as ! am bid" answered the
auctioneer, with a fendish grin.
Must the same here replied the
l. c. i do rs I an directed"
The state herald., 1908-10-16
THE WARPED SENSE OF HuMoR.

II Is n big thing TO be born with n sense Of
humor. II will force smooth sailing ON llfe's rough
est seas and viii make even drudgery bearablo.
Tho woman who cannot Joke. even at her
own expense. is to be pitled-and are her fun.
loving friends There s nothing harder on both
sides than a humodsm that falls nat
Tho good people who are interested In tho de.
crease of divorce should have law passed that tho
serious minded und the joker may not wed. II
means ructions ere the orange blossoms fade.
man not long ago was bcwniling a broken en-
gaFoment friend who knew thom both said:
1t is the Lord taking hand TO save you from
n lifetime of misery, Georgia couldn't sec fun II
Il were labeled JOKE. and you couldn't help folk,
ing though II meant separation from those you
loved best"
But II II one thnE to have sense Of humor and
another to have warped sense Of humor There
Ia no one more maddenlnR than tho person who
roars at our mlshhIB and thinks II 80 funny" TO
mor,ify his friends.
You can afford 10 inugh-if you feel like It,
when You fail In n crowded ballroom or lose your
false purH IN church, but you have no friendship
no tender that will warrant n smile when friend
does tho same.
II H. the woman with the misplaced sense Of
humor who tolls embarrassing anecdotes about fam.
lily mnkeHhifts. or who repeats good Joke 10
common friend H0mnthinF you have said about
her but never intended her TO hear.
one OF these misplaced humorisis In the husband
who thinks II Funny 10 ASK guest To have certain
dishes, and when she accepts To tell her ''Wo arc
Just out Of t."
Have sou never boon covered with ombhrrnsa.
ment by having such man aHk you 10 say grace nj
his dinner table and ahrek with laughter nt your
efforts ia get out Of ~
Then there are bumofistH who. when you toll
good story, think II "nnnr" 10 receive Il with
forced suHawu. aud others who willfully refuse 10
laugh AZ tho point
Laugh all you can, but have sense of htnoaa
In your laughing. 10 Joke over tho humps In your
own life win do much "a smooth ihami TO mud ht
NOR In the mHhhpH of your friends Ia soon 10 nnd
yourself friohdlpHa
No matter how korn your sense of humor uss
discretion IN sharing .oko with friend iluuo,
Ia like lightning !, raroly strikes twice In tbs
same way.
The state herald., 1908-10-16
OPPONENT EASY TO BEAT.
Slight Accident Put Edmonia's Rival
Out Of the Running.

Mrs. s. was in Richmond hos
pital, and she was lonely. so welcomed
the advent of very black and very
languid maid, who came in one morn.
ing to wipe up the floor. Some one
new to talk TO, so no time was lost.
Il have not seen you working here
before. Aren't you n new girl?"
Edmonia willingly let the cloth slip
back into the bucket. and sat fiat upon
the floor before answering
"Yas'm. is new. is Jest washin'
up de floor; but don't work, is ed.
jikated'
And where were you educated?'
was the next question.
In seminary" Then. with burst
OF confidence: There was me an an
other girl workin' In house. She wns
cook and was chambermald. and
we had great times about who would
Kit de prize, but beat" Then. after
naufc, she was easy to beat cause
she got smuihered 10 death with gas
dc night before de 'zaminntlons come
OF. -llarper's Magazine.
The state herald., 1908-10-16
No Order.

Booker T, Washington. at dinner
IN Cleveland during the National Edu,
cational Associations convention, was
complimented by clergyman on his
eloquence.
Mr. Washington in reply told story
OF Southern minister who could not
have been very eloquent.
"one Sunday morning." he said. "in
the midst of this minister's sermon, n
head pollcd itself through the door Of
the vestry, and low and tremulous
voice said:
'ParsDn. the church is on fire.
Very well, Brother Spriggms, the
minister answered, I will retire Ped.
haps you'd better wake up the congre-
gation.'"
The state herald., 1908-10-16
WANTED TO KNOW
The Truth About orape.Nu,s Food.

II doesn't matter 20 much what you
hear about thing. It's what you know
that counts. And correct knowledge
II most likely TO come from personal
experience.
About year ago" writes n ". Y.
man. II was bothered by indigestion.
especially during the forenoon. ! tried
several remedies without any pofmnn'
ont Improvement.
"My breakfast usually consisted OF
oatmeal. steak or chops. bread. coffee
and some fruit.
Hearing 50 much about Grape Nuts,
I concluded TO glye II n trial and ind
out II all had heard OF II was true.
so began with Grape'Nu,s and
cream. soft boiled eggs. toast, n cup
Of Postum and some fruit, Before the
end Of the FIRST week was rid Of the
aeidity OF the stomach and felt much
relieved.
"liy tho end of the second week all
traces Of indigestion had disappeared
aud was In flrat rate heath once
more. before beginning this course Of
diet. ! never had any appetite for
lunch, but now can enjoy hearty
meal AZ noon time" There's noa'
SON"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Crock. Mich Head 'rhe Road TO We'll.
yillo." In pkgH
Ever read tho above ls,tsri a new
one appears from ,i'a- 10 time, They
are genuine. true, and full Of human
Interest.